Organic acids are ubiquitous throughout the field of chemistry. Whether used as a solvent, a substrate, a strong acid, or in a catalytic amount as a Bronsted acid source, organic acids are as commonplace as glassware for the researcher.
In the equation, p 2 represents the frequency of the homozygous genotype AA, q 2 represents the frequency of the homozygous genotype aa, and 2pq represents the frequency of the heterozygous genotype Aa. In addition, the sum of the allele frequencies for all the alleles at the locus must be 1, so p + q = 1.
We will start with an initial population of 80 individuals using 160 beads. Decide on the initial allele frequencies for your population selecting initial allele frequencies, p & q, between 0.3 and 0.7. You can now calculate the initial populationâs genotype frequencies using the Hardy-Weinberg equation.