Biology

In order to determine whether the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, we need to check if the allele frequencies have remained constant across generations.

Given:

1.In generation 1, the frequency of the recessive allele q = 0.6.

2.In generation 40, the frequency of the recessive phenotype (which is ) is 0.36.

Step 1: Check if the frequency of the recessive allele changed.

The recessive phenotype frequency in generation 40 is . To find the recessive allele frequency (q) in generation 40, take the square root of :