If a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and $25\%$ of the individuals exhibit the recessive trait,find the frequency of the recessive allele in the gene pool.

  • A
    $0.5$
  • B
    $0.25$
  • C
    $0.20$
  • D
    $0.75$

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