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A population has two alleles for a given gene, d and

d. if the frequency of the dominant allele is 0.45 and the frequency of the recessive allele is 0.55, what will the frequency be for the recessive homozygous genotype

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D = 0.45 is the dominant allele
d = 0.55 is recessive allele

D^2 + 2Dd + d^2 = 1

frequency of homozygous recessive genotype is d^2

(0.55)^2 = 0.3025
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