If a recessively inherited genetic disease is expressed in 1 in 10,000 individuals in a population at HWE (assume just two possible alleles at the locus, dominant G and recessive g), what is the frequency of G in the population? Group of answer choices 0.01 0.99 0.10 0.90

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If a recessively inherited genetic disease is expressed in 1 in 10,000 individuals in a population at HWE (assume just two possible alleles at the locus, dominant G and recessive g), what is the frequency of G in the population?
Group of answer choices
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0.99
0.10
0.90
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