Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

AP Biology· difficulty 2/5

The Hardy-Weinberg principle predicts allele/genotype frequencies when the population is

  • A

    Highly inbred (frequent mating between close relatives reduces heterozygosity)

  • B

    Small and isolated (subject to substantial genetic drift and founder effects)

  • C

    Not evolving (large, randomly mating, no selection, no migration, no mutation)

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  • D

    Actively evolving (small population with strong directional selection acting on alleles)

Explanation

HW provides the null hypothesis: stable allele frequencies in an idealized non-evolving population.

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