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Assume a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for alleles at an autosomal recessive disease locus. The frequency of mutant allele 'q' is 1/50. The fraction of the population representing carriers of the disease is closest to

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(1/50) ² 1/25 Correct (1/25) ² 1/50

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Mechanistically, metabolic engineering and inheritance involves exogenous gene introduction and pathway extension enable trait improvement. This validates 1/25 because it demonstrates metabolic extension and combinatorial biosynthesis, a pattern repeatedly demonstrated in genetics and biotechnology research.

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