In a population with two alleles, B and b, the allele frequency of b is 0.4. What would be the frequency of heterozygotes if the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

a. 0.48
b. 0.16
c. 0.24
d. 0.60


Ans: a. 0.48

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