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Se About Courses Help Question 20 Not yet answered (The data below will be used for 3 questions.) The hypothetical data listed below were collected from a sample of people in Africa where an epidemic of monkeypox was in progress. Points out of 2.00 P Flag question Genotype S151 Number observed among Number observed among those without monkeypox those with monkeypox 300 400 200 300 S1S2 S2S2 A researcher is testing the hypothesis that the S1 allele gives protection from monkeypox. The difference in the frequency of the S1 allele between the monkeypox infected and monkepypox-uninfected populations is: Select one: O a. 0.1 O b.0.2 O c.0.3 d. 0.4 e. 0.5 OOO

Answer 1

As we know , the frequency of an allele can be defined as the total number of copies of an allele in the population divided by the total number of copies of all alleles present in the gene.

In short

Frequency of allele S1 = Number of copies of allele S1  in the population

Number of copies of all genes present.

In this case , frequency of S1 allele when without monkeypox is found to be 0.5 (using the above mentioned formula).

While ,frequency of S1 allele when with monkeypox is found to be 0.1

So, the difference between S1 allele without monkeypox and with monkeypox is 0.4