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In a hardy-Weinberg population, if gene has only two alleles A and A, and the gene frequencies of allele A is 0.4. What is the frequency of gene 'a'?
a. 0.6
b. 0.48
c. 0.16
d. 0.36

A

0.6

B

0.48

C

0.16

D

0.36

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