Biology: Concepts and Investigations - With Access
Biology: Concepts and Investigations - With Access
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Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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The reason that Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium occur in real populations.

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Hardy-Weinberg law stated that the frequencies of allele and gene cannot change from one generation to another. This law depends upon genotype and allele frequencies. Genotype frequency can be calculated by the number of individuals with their genotype that is divided by an entire number of the population.

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