Level of life
Population
All the members of one species living in the same area at the same time.
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Without selection, mutation, migration or drift, allele and genotype frequencies stay the same from generation to generation.Source: Hardy, 1908
Idea or model
How Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium connects
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium describes
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is related to
Process
Genetic drift
Random changes in how common alleles are from one generation to the next, strongest in small populations.
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Sources & further reading
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Mendelian proportions in a mixed population (opens the original in a new tab)
Hardy GH (1908). Science 28:49-50.
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