In a Hardy-Weinberg population with two alleles, A and a, that are in equilibrium, the frequency of allele a is 0.1. What is the percentage of the population that is heterozygous for this allele?

A) 90
B) 81
C) 49
D) 18
E) 10


Ans: D) 18

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