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Table 1: Percent Chance of Breast Cancer Development in Women
Age
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Percent in Women
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30
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.15%
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40
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.48%
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50
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.92%
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60
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1.28%
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70
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1.5%
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80
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1.54%
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If a population stays the same with out change it is said to be in equilibrium. When we established our beginning population, we factored in the basic genetic equation, or Hardy-Weinberg Equation, p2+2pq+q2=1. This states that in the absence of other factors, genetic makeup of population does not change. We took into account these factors, which are:
*Large populations
*No gene migration
*No mutation
*Random mating
After establishing these parameters of equilibrium in the model, we then manipulated the factors of mutation and genetic inheritance to show the spread of breast cancer.
Genes are the traits passed down from parents to their offspring. They are either dominant or recessive. The parents each pass on one gene type or allele to their offspring. Each parent passes on one allele, giving the offspring a possible combination of pure dominant, heterozygous, or pure recessive. This combination is called the genotype. This model used pure recessive genotype as the type that gives rise to breast cancer.
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