Answer:
the frequency of individuals with Type B blood in the population is 0.1977
Explanation:
Given:
Frequency of A allele is p = 0.24
Frequency of the individuals with blood type O is r = 0.38
Question: What is the frequency of individuals with Type B blood in the population, fB = ?
You need to apply the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium:
p²+q²+r²+2pq+2pr+2qr = 1
Here,
p, q and r are the frequencies of the alleles
Calculating the frequency of the allele q:
[tex]r=\sqrt{0.38} =0.6164[/tex]
q = 1-p-r = 1-0.24-0.6164 = 0.1436
Frequency of individuals with type B blood:
[tex]f_{B} =q^{2} +2qr=(0.1436)^{2} +(2*0.1436*0.6164)=0.1977[/tex]
