In a population of guinea pigs, short hair is dominant to long hair. If 25 percent of a breeder’s guinea pigs have long hair, what is the frequency of the recessive allele (q)?

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50 percent

Hardy-Weinberg Principle

In a population of guinea pigs, short hair is dominant to long hair. If 25 percent of a breeder’s guinea pigs have long hair, what is the frequency of the recessive allele (q)?