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11 years ago
Im doing a lab on sickle cell anemia and am confused on what is what...

The proportion of villagers with sickle cell anemia is 0.08.

The question says:
"What is the expected frequency  of the HbS (sickle cell) allele in the village?"

And then it gives a hint that says there is a simple relationship between the proportion of villagers with sickle cell anemia and q.

Anyone know?
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11 years ago
Sickle cell anemia is homozygous recessive (ss) = q^2.
So q = the square root of 0.08 = 0.282 - the frequency.
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