Question

Michelle, a zookeeper, was collecting data on rabbits. She found that in a population of 1000 rabbits, 360 had long ears (L1), 150 had medium ears (L1), and 490 had short ears (II) at a given time.

Name the principle applied to calculate the frequency of rabbits.

Answer 1

The Hardy–Weinberg principle is used to calculate the frequency of rabbits in a population.

It states that allele and genotype frequencies remain constant from one generation to the next, as long as no evolutionary factors like selection, mutation, migration, or genetic drift affect the population.

It is based on the equation: p² + 2pq + q² = 1.