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I have trouble understanding this question and I dont know how to solve this step by step. Can anyone help me? Thanks 1 in 1700 US Caucasian newborns have cystic fibrosis. C for normal is dominate over c for cystic fibrosis. 1) What is the equation for Hardy-Weinberg. What do p,q, 2pq, p^2, and q^2 represent? 2) Why are individuals with the recessive (cc) phenotype so important when calculating p and q? Thanks