Hardy - Weinberg Law

Godfrey H Hardy (1877-1947) - English Mathematician

Wilhelm Weinberg (1862 - 1937) - German Physician

if p + q = 1

then (p + q) ² = 1²

p² + 2pq + q² = 1 - which is the Hardy-Weinberg Law

Where f(BB) = p², f(Bb) = 2pq, f(bb)= q²

 

Assumptions: Antonymn

Infinite population size

Genetic Drift
Random Mating Selective Mating
No Mutation q = u/(u+v)
No Migration Founders Principle
No Selection Neo Darwinian Evolution

 


Text iGenetics by Peter J. Russell


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by Kenneth G. Wilson,
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Miami University
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