Multiple Choice
The Hardy-Weinberg principle:
A) states that allele and genotype frequencies change from generation to generation in a population at genetic equilibrium.
B) shows that if the population is large, the process of inheritance by itself causes changes in allele frequencies.
C) allows biologists to calculate allele frequencies in a given population if we know the genotype frequencies, and vice versa.
D) represents an ideal situation that seldom does not occur in the natural world.
E) is not essential to understanding the mechanisms of evolutionary change in sexually reproducing populations.
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