Hardy-Weinberg Calculator

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Choose how you want to specify the allele frequencies for this population.
A value between 0 and 1. The recessive frequency q is computed as 1 - p.
Used to convert genotype frequencies into expected individual counts. Leave at 1000 if unknown.
Carrier frequency (2pq)
48%
Homozygous dominant (p²)36%
Homozygous recessive (q²)16%
Dominant allele freq (p)0.6
Recessive allele freq (q)0.4
Expected AA count360
Expected Aa count480
Expected aa count160
AA (p²)36%
Aa (2pq)48%
aa (q²)16%

With p = 0.600 and q = 0.400, about 48.0% of this population are carriers.

  • Carriers (Aa) make up 48.0% of the population, more than double the 16.0% who express the recessive phenotype when q is 0.400.
  • The three genotype frequencies p², 2pq, and q² always sum to exactly 100%; they are the expanded terms of (p + q)².
  • Carrier frequency (2pq) peaks at 50% when p = q = 0.5 and falls off as either allele dominates.
  • This baseline assumes random mating, no selection or mutation, no migration, and a large population. Any real deviation signals one of these forces at work.

Next stepSwitch to "Observed genotype counts" mode and enable the chi-square test to check if your population is in equilibrium.

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