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Title: Hardy Weinberg equlibrium, calculate the value of q?
Post by: jules78245 on Sep 17, 2012
One in every 685 children born in the chicoutimi area of quebec province has tyrosinemia. It is cause by having two copies of the receissive allele. Under the assumptions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, calculate the value of q required to produce this proportion of afflicted newborns

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Title: Hardy Weinberg equlibrium, calculate the value of q?
Post by: lexaebrown on Sep 17, 2012
Sufferers of tyrosinemia = q^2 = 1/685. Calculate this value, then q is simply the square root of 1/685.