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Originally Posted by YOUSUFofSD
its ok, NERDS will always be around!
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you know what?! yes they will be cuz they are the dominant allele in people. so hah!
using the hardy weinberg equilibrium, if we estimate that the recessive allele, the non-nerdy people, is .4 then the dominant allele is .6. to figure out the heterozygous genotype, you would mutliply 2(.4)(.6) which would give you .48. which means, 48% people show the nerd trait. now you know that .6 is the recessive allele, so you square that to figure out the recessive genotype, which gives you, .36 or 36% peopel showing the non-nerdy genotype. to figure out the homozygous dominant, you would subtract 84 (36 +48) from a 100; which gives you 16. therefore 16% of the people are homozygous dominant.
that means 64% (16 + 48) show the nerd genotype. and only 36% dont. so...BOOYAH!
*note: i do NOT support evolution in any way*