Hardy-Weinberg law

One entry found for Hardy-Weinberg law.

Main Entry: Har·dy-Wein·berg law
Pronunciation: "här-dE-'wIn-"b&rg-
Function: noun
Etymology: G. H. Hardy died 1947 English mathematician and W. Weinberg died 1937 German physician
: 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