In general, in a sample of n individuals, the frequency of an allele is

A. the number of occurrences of the allele.
B. the number of occurrences of the allele
divided by n.
C. the number of occurrences of the allele
divided by twice the number of individuals in
the sample (2n).
D. twice the number of occurrences of the
allele divided by n.


C

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