Hardy-Weinberg Law
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Theorem
Let $A$ and $a$ be alleles.
Let $A$ and $a$ occur in a population in proportions $p$ and $q = 1 - p$.
Then after one generation of random mating, the genotypes $AA$, $Aa$ and $aa$ are in proportions $p^2$, $2 p q$ and $q^2$.
Proof
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Also known as
The Hardy-Weinberg Law is also known as the Hardy-Weinberg Principle.
Also see
Source of Name
This entry was named for Godfrey Harold Hardy and Wilhelm Weinberg.
Historical Note
The Hardy-Weinberg Law was deduced by Godfrey Harold Hardy and Wilhelm Weinberg in $1908$.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Hardy-Weinberg law