Hardy-Weinberg law

Har·dy-Wein·berg law | \ ˌhär-dē-ˈwīn-ˌbərg-

variants: or less commonly Hardy-Weinberg principle

Definition of Hardy-Weinberg law

: 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

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“Hardy-Weinberg law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hardy-Weinberg%20law. Accessed 15 Jul. 2020.

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Hardy-Weinberg law

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Har·dy-Wein·berg law | \ ˌhärd-ē-ˈwīn-ˌbərg-

Medical Definition of Hardy-Weinberg law

: a fundamental principle of population genetics that is approximately true for small populations and holds with increasing exactness for larger and larger populations: population gene frequencies and population 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