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A gene locus has two alleles A, a. If the frequency of dominant allele A is 0.4, then what will be the frequency of homozygous dominant, heterozygous and homozygous recessive individuals in the population?
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Correct option: C
0.16 (AA); 0.48 (Aa); 0.36 (aa)
Option C (0.16 (AA); 0.48 (Aa); 0.36 (aa)) is correct because it correctly applies the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to calculate the frequencies of homozygous dominant, heterozygous, and homozygous recessive individuals.
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