If the frequency of the dominant gene is 0.7,what is the frequency of the recessive gene? A)also 0.7 B)0.49 or (0.07)² C)approximately 0.27 (square root of 0.7) D)0.3 (or 1.00 - 0.7) E)0.14

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The frequency of the recessive gene can be calculated by subtracting the frequency of the dominant gene from 1. Therefore, the frequency of the recessive gene would be 1 - 0.7, which equals 0.3.

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