In a Hardy-Weinberg population with two alleles, A and a, that are in equilibrium, the frequency of the allele a is 0.4. What is the percentage of the population that is homozygous for this allele?
A) 4
B) 16
C) 32
D) 36
E) 40
Ans: B) 16
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