Biology

To find the frequency of the recessive allele, we can use the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium principles.

Given:

1.The frequency of the recessive phenotype (no dimples) = 0.36

2.This is the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype (dd), which is .

Step 1: Find the frequency of the recessive allele (q)

Since the frequency of the recessive phenotype (no dimples) corresponds to , we can calculate the frequency of the recessive allele (q) by taking the square root of :

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