AP Biology· difficulty 3/5
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium assumes all of the following EXCEPT
Active natural selection
Large population size
Random mating
No migration, mutation, or selection
Explanation
HWE is a null model: no evolutionary forces. Selection violates it. The other answers are HWE assumptions.
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