A-level
BIOLOGY
Paper 3
AQA
Time allowed: 2 hours
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• a ruler with millimetre measurements
• a scientific calculator.
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0 1 In one species of squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, fur colour is controlled by one gene,
G B with two codominant alleles. C represents
the allele for grey fur colour, and C represents the allele for black fur colour.
Table 1 shows the three possible phenotypes.
Table 1
Genotype Phenotype
.1 In a population of 34 S. carolinensis, 2 had black
fur. G G C
Grey fur
C
Use the Hardy–Weinberg G B C equation to estimate how
many squirrels in this Brown-black fur population had brown-
C
black fur. Show your B B C working.
[2 marks] Black fur
C
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0 1 .2 The actual number of squirrels in this population that had brown-black fur was 16.
G
Use all of the information to calculate the actual frequency of the C allele.
Do not use the Hardy–Weinberg equation in your calculation.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
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