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A large population of a particular animal has been allowed to breed randomly for a number of generations. After several generations, 16% of the animals display a recessive trait. What is the frequency of the recessive allele?

A. 0.4

B. 0.25

C. 0.16

D. 0.5

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Which of the following does not characterize a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

A. Large population size

B. No natural selection

C. An increasing mutation rate

D. Absence of gene flow