the hardy-Weinberg principle

• What is the Hardy-Weinberg principle?

  allele frequencies in a population should remain constant until certain conditions are not met anymore
• what are the conditions needed for hardy Weinberg to remain true

  a large population(over 100) , no selection for or against phenotypes, random mating , no mutations and isolated population
• What can the Hardy-Weinberg equation be used for?

  to estimate the frequencies of dominant and recessive alleles of different genotypes
• what is the equation for hardy Weinberg principle

  p2+2pq+q2=1
• what does p equal in the hardy-Weinberg principle

  the frequency of the dominant allele
• what does q equal in the hardy-Weinberg principle

  the frequency of the recessive allele
• what is p + q equal to in the hardy-Weinberg principle

  1
• what does P^2 represent in the hardy-Weinberg principle

  frequency of homozygous dominant
• what does 2pq represent in the hardy-Weinberg principle

  frequency of heterozygous
• what does q^2 represent in the hardy-Weinberg principle

  Frequency of Homozygous recessive
• why will a smaller isolated population suffer more from a recessive disease

  all the population will have common ancestors and therefore have a smaller gene pool. higher chances of mating with someone else with teh recessive allele
• how is the frequency of each genotype in hardy weinberg written

  as a decimal