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What is the utility of the Hardy-Weinberg equation?

- a) You can test to see if a population is evolving
- b) You can monitor the health of the population in terms of genetic diversity
- c) You can test to see if allele frequencies are changing
- d) All of the above are uses of Hardy-Weinberg
almost 5 years ago
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almost 5 years ago
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Hardy Weinberg equation: p^2+2pq+q^2 = 1
Where p is the frequency of allele type A1, q is the frequency of allele type A2, and 2pq represents frequency of homozygous. This equation helps to figure out if allele frequencies are changing and population is evolving. Read more on Hardy-Weinberg principle