Researchers monitored a butterfly population for 10 generations and observed that allele frequencies fluctuated dramatically each generation in a population of about 30 individuals.
Which Hardy-Weinberg condition is most likely violated?
- A
No selection
- B
Random mating
- Ccheck_circle
Large population size (genetic drift due to small N)
- D
No mutation
Explanation
Wide stochastic swings in a population of ~30 are characteristic of genetic drift, which violates the assumption of an infinitely large population.