Main Entry: Har·dy–Wein·berg law

Pronunciation: \ˌhär-dē-ˈwīn-ˌbərg-\

Function: noun

Etymology: G. H. Hardy †1947 English mathematician and W. Weinberg †1937 German physician

Date: 1950

: a fundamental principle of population genetics: population gene frequencies and genotype frequencies remain constant from generation to generation if mating is random and if mutation, selection, immigration, and emigration do not occur —called also Hardy-Weinberg principle