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There are a 100 feral pigs on a island in which 75 individuals are solid black and 25 are black and white spotted, the recessive phenotype.

Calculate the frequency of the black allele (B) and the spotted allele (b) in the population, as well as the frequency of each genotype (BB, Bb, and bb) in the population.

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Gene of genotype frequency of a population can be calculated with the help of Hardy-Weinberg Law.

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According to Hardy-Weinberg law : p + q = 1
p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1
Let p be frequency of allele B and q be the frequency of allele b.

According to the question, frequency of ...

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