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Tay-Sachs disease is caused by an autosomal recessive allele. The disease is characterized by mental deficiency and blindness, with death occurring by four years of age. The incidence of the disease among newborns is about 10 per million births. Assuming Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, estimate the frequency of the allele and of the heterozygotes.

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