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. 2019 Apr-Jun;9(2):89–94. doi: 10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_128_18

Table 5b.

Offspring allele frequency determination for big toe length (B)

Gene Description Proportion Percentage (%) Total allele
Total population 135 270
bb Homozygous short big toe; SBT (q2) 0.38 38
b allele 0.61
B allele 0.39
BB Homozygous long big toe; LBT (p2) 0.15 15
Bb Heterozygous long big toe; LBT (2pq) 0.47 47* Ratio=BB : Bb : bb0.15 : 0.47 : 0.38-1:3:2.5
Total population
Long big toe
Actual number of homozygous LBT 20
Actual number of heterozygous LBT 64
Total 84*

BB: Homozygous for long big toe; Bb: Heterozygous form for long big toe; bb: Homozygous short big toe; SBT: Shorter big toe; *Highest contributing allelic form