If a recessive disorder is found to affect 1 in 500 live births, what is the frequency of the dominant allele?
To solve this, we can use the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium formula.
Given:
The frequency of the recessive disorder affects 1 in 500 live births, which means the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype (aa) is .
Step 1: Find ( q ), the frequency of the recessive allele.
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