Answer to Question #307541 in Evolution for nbgrt

Question

In this hypothetical population, the deleterious recessive allele exists at a proportion of 0.01. In an offspring with randomly chosen parents, what is the probability that the offspring will be homozygous for the deleterious recessive allele [q]?

Answer 1

There is only a 0.01% probability of an offspring being homozygous for the deleterious recessive allele.