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| | Non-Random Mating, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, and Evolution |
 | | By: Brad J.B. - Truman State U. In order to address the impact of migration and nonrandom mating on allele frequencies in populations, it is necessary to consider the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium principle. |
 | | Thus, a population that undergoes either nonrandom mating or migration will not undergo Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and either the allele frequencies and/or the genotypic frequencies should change from one generation to the next. |
 | | According to the principle, when a population has no selective forces, no mutations, no migration, an infinitely large size, and contains individuals that mate randomly, then the allele frequencies in the population will not change from generation to generation, and the genotype frequencies can be calculated by simply multiplying the allele frequencies. |
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