Gaucher disease type 1 (GD1 ) is a recessive genetic disease that affects 1 in 900 individuals in a particular population. GD1 is caused by a mutation in the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, calculate the frequency of the wild-type (nonmutant) allele for the enzyme glucocerebrosidase.

Using the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation, the frequency for the wild-type allele (referred to as p, see explanation below) comes out to be

Explanation:

An individual will have to be homozygous recessive for the mutation in the enzyme glucocerebrosidase to have the Gaucher disease type 1 (GD1). This percentage will be

= × 100 =

= =

We know that because the sum of both allele frequencies has to be 100%

So

Hence,

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the cladogram shown here shows similarities and differences among several classes of vertebrates. anatomically, the four have limb structure as their common ancestor. we might separate the mammals from the other three classes because they a) divergent; do not lay eggs b) identical; are warm-blooded c) varied; a four chambered heart d) homologous; have mammary glands

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