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What does the letter q stand for in the Hardy-Weinberg equation?

A. the frequency of the recessive allele in a population

B. the frequency of the dominant allele in a population

C. the frequency of the heterozygous dominant genotype

D. the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype

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The frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype.
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Hardy Weinberg equation

p^2+2pq+q^2=1

p^2 = homozygous Dominant 
pq = heterozygous
q^2 = homozygous recessive.

SO YOUR ANSWER IS CLEARLY D. the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype