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Question of the week 2
1. The homologous trait shared between sugar maple and Michigan lilies has common trait
which is that they both are insect pollinated or requires insect to pollinate. Both are wind
pollinated, which means that red maples (which is a very common species that can be
found all over Michigan) reproduce from seeds that grows in the spring, while sugar
maples produce flowers without petals in the spring.
2. No, this gene is not in Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium because the difference between
observed and expected frequencies indicates larger than 3% and this is how:
Frequency of allele A:
f(AA) + ½ f(Aa)
0.46 + ½ (0.36)
0.64
Frequency of allele a:
f(aa) + ½ f(Aa)
0.18 + ½ (0.36)
0.36
Genotype frequency: