Hardy-Weinberg Principle

Question 0

What does p stand for?

Answer 0

Frequency of the dominant allele

Question 1

What are the 2 formulas?

Answer 1

p + q = 1

p^2 + q^2 + 2pq = 1

Question 2

What does q stand for?

Answer 2

Frequency of the recessive allele

Question 3

What does p^2 stand for?

Answer 3

Frequency of the dominant homozygote

Question 4

What does q^2 stand for?

Answer 4

Frequency of the recessive homozygote

Question 5

What does 2pq stand for?

Answer 5

Frequency of the heterozygote

Question 6

What does the Hardy - Weinberg principle assume?

Answer 6

• that the population is large
• that mating is at random
• that there is no selection pressure
• that there is no mutation, immigration or emigration