Hardy-Weinberg Application
100 cats: 84 black, 16 white (84% & 16%)
black cats - genotypes BB and Bb white cats - genotype bb
q2 = 0.16 ? q = ?0.16 = 0.4
p+q = 1 ? p = 1 - q ? p = 1 - 0.4 = 0.6
p2 = 0.62 = 0.36; 2pq = 2?0.4 ?0.6 = 0.48
Genotype frequencies:
p=0.6 (60%); q=0.4 (40%)
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