Thursday, September 15, 2011

What conditions have to exist to maintain a hardy-weinberg equilibrium?

explian why violating these conditions would result in changing allele frequencies.

try to list five conditions please.

oh heres some extra info



[In a ideal situation the hardy-weinberg equilibrum describes how various alleles reach a stable point where thier frequencies do not change with each generation.]
What conditions have to exist to maintain a hardy-weinberg equilibrium?
1. - no mutation

2. - no gene flow

3. - no genetic drift

4. - random mating

5. - no natural selection



If any of these 5 conditions are violated then alleles will be lost or new ones introduced or appear thus changing the equilibrium allele frequencies.

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