2.    It is determined in a certain population that 1% of the people do not have freckles.  What percentage of the population are carriers for this trait?

A. q2 = 0.01, therefore the recessive allelic frequency is q = 0.1

B. p + q = 1
    p = 1 - 0.1
    p = 0.9 - dominant allelic frequency

C.
Genotype Designation  Frequency Percent
Homozygous Dominant pp or p2 (0.9)2 = 0.81 81%
Heterozygote pq  2(0.9)(0.1) = 0.18 18%
Homozygous Recessive qq (0.1)2 = 0.01 1%
Eighteen percent of the population are carriers.

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