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A gene locus has two alleles and ; if the frequency of dominant allele is 0.5 , then what will be the frequency of heterozygous individuals in the population which is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the frequency of heterozygous individuals is calculated using the Hardy-Weinberg equation: 2pq, where p is the frequency of allele X and q is the frequency of allele Y.
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