The Hardy-Weinberg Principle: Watch your Ps and Qs

[@heatherstone333]

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[@Penguinprof]

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[@erinrobison2547]

Okay seriously?! This took my professor an entire hour to explain, and I still walked away confused. And here I am, six minutes into your video and I've already got it. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH

[@Penguinprof]

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[@davidfrisch5099]

True story...

[@TehseenKhalid-c2s]

Love the way you explained it. Thank you 😊

[@Viralscenes3710]

Et ce ratio il l’a bien compris ce principe ?

[@samanthabridges2108]

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[@Penguinprof]

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[@tieler151]

+ThePenguinProf how do you convert a frequency into population

[@totallymcmylastname9077]

With proportions. The same stuff you do with stochiochemistry or mathematics. but you'll need to know the numbers of the guys you're interested in first ex. there are 13 brown rats out of 41 so its [13/41] so if you're asked for numbers of brown rats in a den of 1000 rats you just need to set up [13/41] = [x/1000] since frequency = specimens/total population. You can just set up the ratios for that.

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[@Penguinprof]

So glad to hear that! Yes, if you know about the feet, you'll be just fine.

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[@mzblue]

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[@jenniferwang946]

I honestly really love how this video is so useful to people of all ages and types! Thanks for making it!

[@Penguinprof]

You're so welcome!

[@PatchJeffa]

That was a better explanation than any I've had at uni so far

[@paulmatei9049]

This video literally just saved me...here I am on youtube browsing through hundreds of videos and when I finally got here it was like I found a secret treasure. Thank yooouuuuu!!!! Please dont stop making videos, they are so helpful and you are so nice. Its impossible not to understand when you make it look so easy.

[@Penguinprof]

So kind of you to say - I'm SO glad it was helpful!!!

[@TankuBOSS]

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[@Penguinprof]

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[@MegaDara999]

This is honestly such a clear example. I was watching some other video before and wast getting it. Thank you so much.

[@984594386937468374]

I was sick for a few days and missed what my students are calling the "hardest unit to date" but this video was SO CLEAR! Thank you for the help!

[@windygoga5698]

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[@pratitibanerjee7621]

I study in high school in India and we have this in our syllabus. Needless to say our teachers do a lousy job of explaining it... and who ends up feeling stupid ? US. Thanks for making me feel not-so-stupid again. Keep up the awesome work.

[@Penguinprof]

Thank you for watching and for sharing this VERY important message... you should NEVER be made to feel stupid!!! No one is born with knowledge about how to solve these problems (or how to do differential equations or how to dance a Waltz or anything else for that matter) but we all have the potential to learn these things - and it is essential, in my opinion, that we have safe, encouraging learning environments in which to explore, to question and to be wrong. If I can create that kind of environment through these videos, well, that is my career goal. And I thank you from the bottom of my penguin heart for letting me know that you understand what I am trying to do. Best of luck to you in your studies - keep in touch!!!

[@pratitibanerjee7621]

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@@pratitibanerjee7621 Hardy weinberg principle is in class 12th cbse

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[@Penguinprof]

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[@Penguinprof]

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[@Marlene_592]

I've sat in class for two hours and watched probably four videos, and you have explained it so well to me. Thanks a lot! Hoping to ace any hardy-weinberg problems on my test tomorrow because of you :)

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[@Penguinprof]

Wow, thank you!

[@lovelystar2849]

She said by the end of this video you will understand it! and I was like yeah right. End of the video I'm doing problems in my head 😂😂 ty soo much!!!!!

[@Penguinprof]

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[@Penguinprof]

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[@Penguinprof]

I am SO happy to hear that! Thanks for the feedback, and congratulations!!!

[@richb3014]

Very well explained. You can also check if you have calculated the frequencies correctly (10:58) in the table, because the total should also = 1 (0.79+0.2+0.01 =1).

[@Penguinprof]

Yes, thank you!

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[@spiffysixxsense2694]

when i got the mice question at the end right all by myself, i almost cried....

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[@shriyasrivaz3369]

@@nyevs21 so question says that - phenotype =orange recessive mice are 300 Phenotype =2 alleles =q×q(recessive pheno) Or p×p(domint pheno) So orange mice out of total =300/130000 = 0.0025= q×q Recesv allele? = q = sqroot(0.0025)=0.0479 Dominant allele? =p We know, tot allele =1 therefore p=1-q =0.0.952

[@anamartinez4002]

This is the best video on Hardy-Weinburg that I have seen so far. Extremely helpful !!! Thank you so much !

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[@boccaluppo930]

The key is to do this problem over and over, and over. I am finally getting it!

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[@Penguinprof]

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[@Penguinprof]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and for your lovely comment.

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[@barbaradixon3820]

I can't imagine why this video received 13 thumbs down :^( Could it be they are unhappy no likes their videos on the same topic? This is an excellent video. You taught me in minutes what my professor with a Doctorates degree couldn't. Thank you.

[@Remascard]

While the content past four minutes was incredibly useful for biology students wanting to solve hardy-Weinberg problems, the first four minutes contain history which is not necessarily applicable to H-W problems, and the individuals who down-voted may have felt that ThePenguinProf wasted 4 minutes unnecessarily.

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[@Penguinprof]

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[@Penguinprof]

+Jabeen Thaz You are so welcome!!

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I have a BIO final tomorrow and I was dreading the Hardy-Weinberg questions... NOT ANYMORE! This video was extremely helpful, thank you!

[@Penguinprof]

Glad it helped!

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[@lorityler6398]

Thanks so much! Your videos have really helped me get caught up! Plus the penguins are super adorable!

[@kesiyarony5740]

starts at 8:18! but it's really helpful to watch the whole video

[@eviegraham6094]

you are literally the best!! I have been learning this for 2 years and now I get it!!!!!!!

[@harshavenkatesh898]

Thank you so much! You explain it so well! Really helped me with my test

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[@Penguinprof]

Glad it helped!

[@mayaarciva2097]

I don’t know if you are going to see this ,but thank you so much you helped me understand it much better :)

[@Penguinprof]

I see you and I am so glad it helped!

[@thrashers8041]

Only video that helped me gain a full understanding of the principle. Thanks!

[@girijaedwards]

Wow, try being 65 yrs old & taking Epigentics and Genetics , This short video was a God- sent. It's amazing how people see such clarity in something that is potentially so confusing. The whole video was very well done . Thank you, Angel of Clarity.

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[@sp1cebl3nd]

Good video! Well delivered, well structured, but if you point out something as emphatically as at 9:10, you should say "the FREQUENCY of penguins with blue feet etc." - yet for me, the untanglement due to the discrepancies afterwards led to a better understanding for me. Therefor - Thank you

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What an amazing channel! I enjoy watching random knowledgeable videos and this takes the entire cake (I watched the donuts video hehe and loved it). Very well explained videos. Kuddos (clapping). Wish all my previous professors had your style of explanation (on any subject matter). Makes paying attention worth the time. Kept me from snoring past the first sentence. Ty.

[@Penguinprof]

Thank you so much for watching and for sharing such kind words!!!

[@lizbethvalle8911]

This was super helpful, I love the way you explained it, and the step by step examples really helped a lot :D

[@parisa5670]

Oh man i love you. Thank you so much !!

[@ash-rs1it]

Nice, but the slide @11:14 may confuse some frequency and % are different p is the frequency p^2 is the %

[@hazwanfuss]

Idk why there is so little numbers of people watching this. it's extremely easy and full of student friendliness. Thankyou so much prof!

[@graceb2404]

Excellent video! Just have to remember that after assigning p and q alleles, I have to square root the homozygous recessive genotypes to get q. After obtaining q, everything is golden.

[@adlesal24]

Although I am not preparing for any exam but I don't like to come across a medical principle without fully digest it. So, I would like to thank you because your explanation was like the digesting enzyme which make absorption for this topic is much easier for me. I hope that if you have a time you make another brief video on cases of X-linked Alleles, how can we deal with them using HW equation

[@Penguinprof]

Thank you so much for letting me know! And I'll put your request on the list.

[@adlesal24]

@@Penguinprof this is kind of you

[@SuzanneTegroen]

9. Solve for the genetic structure of a population with 12 homozygous recessive individuals (yy), 8 homozygous dominant individuals (YY), and 4 heterozygous individuals (Yy). In other words, what are the frequencies of the 3 genotypes? (1 point) Hint: you’ll want to use the formula p 2 + 2pq + q 2 I need help figuring this one out please

[@pukamon1681]

Thank you so much! Now I totally get it.

[@TheElusiveDirector]

Thank you so much for creating this! You made it so easy to understand!

[@misstaniamaryam]

BRILLIANT, you took such a difficult topic --> Made it soo simple and easy to understand. THANKS A LOT!

[@Penguinprof]

Glad it was helpful!

[@simplybella9671]

Bless your heart! I have spent almost my entire day trying to study this and you explained in less than 13 minutes everything so clearly with such perfection Thank you!!!!!! 😭

[@grichardgarrett1970]

SimplyBella

[@devikrishna9118]

Thank you soo much. I totally understood this now..my teach took hours explaining this..

[@quiquev9214]

Keep on the good work! Thank you.

[@ninahendricks4218]

Thank you so much! Remember not to use trailing zeros though ;) Genotype frequency for hetero should be 0.2, not .20, and 0.2 is how the answer would appear on a multi choice exam, or should be entered on fill-in-the-blank questions, so keep that in mind everyone =)

[@laurenkerr7932]

Nina Hendricks in this context you would use the extra zero

[@vouvouche92]

merci beaucoup, ça m'a tellement aidée

[@arielhemingway8899]

I finally understand!!! Thank you so much! I love your teaching style and wish my teacher was like you.

[@jeremyn3412]

For the last question, wouldn't q be rounded from .47 to .5? The description answers rounded down to .4

[@Gusanomurasaki]

I like the video but i still dont understand the demonstration of why (p+q)2: genotype are two alleles, so p and q,each one by itslef are alleles, why one allele is (p+q).... i believe (p+q)2 reference to the presence o two alleles from the progenitors of population

[@lucierauscher6820]

Bonjour je suis une élève française, j'ai un examens de biologie demain et je ne comprenais pas la loi de Hardy Weinberg, je viens de regarder votre vidéo et j'ai super bien compris!!! Merci infiniment, vos explications m'ont beaucoup aidée!

[@ComfyLaur]

This video was explained so well and actually helped me to understand better. THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@Penguinprof]

You are most welcome! I'm so glad you found it helpful.

[@jessicapeltier9205]

Thank you so much for the clarity. If it wasn't for the way you went over the steps of the actual formula and the square root part I would have been still beating my head into the ground last night.

[@Kindatheist666]

Wow!!! Absolutely fabulous!!! Thanks and leave it here please!!!

[@Penguinprof]

You got it! Thanks for watching!

[@Zeke347]

Thank you so much! I didn’t understand any of this until your video!

[@Penguinprof]

You're welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@Doctorrenee123]

WOW WHAT A GREAT VIDEO! SO CLEAR AND HELPFUL! When i got the correct answer for the practice Magical mice problem, i was extremely proud of myself! THANK YOU FOR THIS!! GOOD HELP

[@keilacobham4894]

Thank you so so so so much for this fascinating explanation, I have been trying to figure this out for a long time and I couldn't find anyone that could make it clearer for me, even though I am pretty good in math, I needed to know how and why of the steps taken to solve. Two of my BIO tried to explained but I wasn't clear, but you have made it so easy and simple. Thanks again, I will definitely ace this part on my exam now. Thanks, much appreciated

[@SarahGuadagnin]

THANK YOU!!!! I have an exam on this today, helped a ton!!

[@deepaksoner4034]

Brilliantly explained...thank you so much

[@lalawoohooo]

THANK YOU!!

[@Penguinprof]

You are most welcome!

[@gillian123]

I wish everything on my university course was explained using cartoon penguins! This video was so helpful, thank you.

[@Penguinprof]

+Gillian J OMG I wish the same thing!!!!! I'm doing my part... :) Thanks for watching!

[@RecendezM008]

Much appreciation!! Gotta quiz tomorrow, so this helped a lot. Thank you !

[@shaunakiyomi]

bless your soul i may have a chance at my exam thank you Penguin Prof!

[@raykangoo4674]

thanks a million i finally understand this after soo many times of trying

[@oliviaw5250]

This was an excellent video!!

[@tellau]

Omg thank you so much i have an exam tomorrow and i lost my mind finding the difference between p and p² stuff but now it all makes sense 😭💗

[@Penguinprof]

You got this! Glad I could help!!!

[@kiranpunjani3853]

I love this video...simple and to the point

[@katiedevine5479]

Thank you so much i have a zoology exam today and i was really struggling with this, now i understand its easier than i thought x

[@Penguinprof]

+Katie Devine Excellent! Hope you did well!!!

[@neaseg33]

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[@barbarabm94]

Thank you so much! You just made it so easy to understand