21. Population Genetics
Allelic Frequency Changes
Problem 22b
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionTay–Sachs disease is an autosomal recessive neurological disorder that is fatal in infancy. Despite its invariably lethal effect, Tay–Sachs disease occurs at very high frequency in some Central and Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish populations. In certain Ashkenazi populations, 1 in 750 infants has Tay–Sachs disease. Population biologists believe the high frequency is a consequence of genetic bottlenecks caused by pogroms (genocide) that have reduced the population multiple times in the past several hundred years. In the population described, what is the frequency of the recessive allele that produces Tay–Sachs disease?
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