Calculating White Allele Frequency in Wildflower Population

If the frequency of the allele for red flowers is 0.8, and there are only two alleles for flower color (red and white), the frequency of the white allele can be calculated by subtracting the frequency of the red allele from 1.

Frequency of white allele = 1 - Frequency of red allele Frequency of white allele = 1 - 0.8 Frequency of white allele = 0.2

Therefore, the frequency of the white allele is 0.2.