If an allele makes up one half of the frequency of a population’s allele for a given trait, its allele frequen?
If an allele makes up one half of the frequency of a population’s allele for a given trait, its allele frequency is
A. 100 percent.
B. 75 percent.
C. 50 percent.
D. 4 percent.
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The answer is C as half is 50%. If you call the frequency of that allele p, then the Hardy-Weinberg law states that for a population with 2 alleles p + q = 1 where p and q are the frequencies of the two alleles. Also, applies for more than 2 alleles.