English Explanatory Dictionary

Hardy-Weinberg principle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A principle in biology stating that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences.

Word forms

Hardy-Weinberg principle

Etymology

Named after G. H. Hardy and Wilhelm Weinberg, who first demonstrated it mathematically.

Related words

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium Hardy-Weinberg law Hardy-Weinberg model Hardy-Weinberg theorem
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