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  • Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: Calculating Allele Frequencies
    Hardy-Weinberg equation:

    p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1

    where:

    p is the frequency of the dominant allele

    q is the frequency of the recessive allele

    We are given that 28 organisms are p.

    This means that the frequency of the p allele is:

    p = 28 / 56 = 0.5

    We can then use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to solve for q:

    q^2 = 1 - p^2

    q^2 = 1 - 0.5^2

    q^2 = 0.75

    q = 0.866

    Therefore, the frequency of the recessive allele is 0.866.

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