Definition:Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

Definition

Let $A$ and $a$ be alleles.

Let $A$ and $a$ occur in a population in proportions $p$ and $q = 1 - p$.

Then the genotypes $AA$, $Aa$ and $aa$ are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium when their proportions $p^2$, $2 p q$ and $q^2$.

Also see

• Results about Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium can be found here.

Source of Name

This entry was named for Godfrey Harold Hardy and Wilhelm Weinberg.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Hardy-Weinberg law