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Sickle cell anemia is caused by a recessive allele symbolized S; the normal hemoglobin allele is symbolized as A. The S allele is thought to be held at high frequencies in malarial regions because heterozygotes are resistant to malaria. In Nigeria, w for SS individuals is 0.14, w for AS individuals is 1, and w for AA individuals is 0.88. What are the expected gene frequencies?
(w=fitness or relative fitness)
The correct answer is . freq(A) = .88, freq (S) = .12, i just need the math.
Sickle cell anemia is caused by a recessive allele symbolized S; the normal hemoglobin allele is symbolized as A. The S allele is thought to be held at high frequencies in malarial regions because heterozygotes are resistant to malaria. In Nigeria, w for SS individuals is 0.14, w for AS individuals is 1, and w for AA individuals is 0.88. What are the expected gene frequencies?
(w=fitness or relative fitness)
The correct answer is . freq(A) = .88, freq (S) = .12, i just need the math.
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