Which solution matches?

Question

The rate at which a specific allele for red flower color appears within a population is known as its

a. genotype allele

b. haploid allele

c. diploid frequency

d. allele or gene frequency

Answer 1

The answer would be D, allele or gene frequency.

We need to look for frequency since the question is asking about the 'rate' of something, and frequency refers to the rate of something, or how often something occurs.

The question is specifically asking for the frequency/rate of a red flower color allele. So we are looking for the rate that that allele occurs. A and B can't be the answer since they aren't a frequency. C can't be the answer since it doesn't refer to 'allele' frequency. The answer is D.

More in depth explanation:

A and B are both describing an allele but not referring to its frequency. A genotype simply refers to the genetic makeup of each organism (what genes does that animal/plant/etc. have). Haploid means an organism with only one set of chromosomes. This means that that organism only has one set of alleles. Neither refer to frequency.

C does refer to frequency, but not to an allele. The question is asking about the frequency of an allele, but C is about diploids, which are animals with 2 chromosomes, and does not mention alleles.