Hardy-Weinberg Law - Some Examples

• Western Europe: X-linked color blindness occurs in 8% of males (q = 0.08)

  • 800 out of 10,000 males expected to be colorblind
  • Expected frequency in females is q2 or 0.0064.
    • 64 of 10,000

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