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In a certain population at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the frequency of a recessive cystic fibrosis allele (q) is 0.02.
What is the frequency of asymptomatic carriers in this population?
- 0.0196
- 0.0392
- 0.9604
- 0.0004
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