Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium study of six morphogenetic characters in a population of Punjab, Pakistan

摘要

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is the study of the distribution of allelic and genotypic frequencies in a population. The objective of this study is to evaluate the allelic and genotypic frequency of different qualitative traits of men and women in Punjab, Pakistan. A total of 909 individuals were recruited for this study. In population, the frequency order of the blood group is B > O > A > AB and the same in both males and females. Rh-positive is more elevated (86.03) than the negative (13.97) in the whole population. Tongue rolling ability is higher in both males (58.92) and females (61.46). The presence of free earlobe (71.29) and straight hairs (52.81) is more in the whole population. Straight hair is more common in the population than the wavy (30.14) and curly (17.05), the male and female order is the same as in the whole population. In the whole population, the ear lobe is non-significant but other traits are significant. This study indicated that the alleles for the ear lobe are in equilibrium in the population, based on a Mendelian ratio. Hence, only the ear lobe follow the Mendelian ratio in the population of Punjab, Pakistan.