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The M and N factors are glycoproteins that are found on the surface of red blood cells. Unlike other types of red blood cell antigens, The M and N factors do not cause antibody reactions in human blood transfusions. People with type M blood are homozygous for the M allele, and people with type N blood are homozygous for the N allele. Heterozygous individuals have type MN blood. In a study of population of Inuit living in the Northwest Territories, 512 people have blood type M, 256 had blood type MN, AND 32 has blood type N.

 
A) Calculate the frequency of each allele, M and N , in the population studied.
 
B) What would be the expected frequency of each genotype in the next generation, assuming that this population is in genetic equilibrium for the trait.

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11 years ago
A) Calculate the frequency of each allele, M and N , in the population studied.

A. just double the number for people with homozygous alleles. Cause it means you have 2 of the same ones. (i.e. for M take the 512 and double it cause it has 2 M alleles.) Then you add another allele for every M in the heterozygous people since all those people have 1.

So basically, you go:

2(512) +256 = X to get the M then do the same thing for N.
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