Population genetics

• What is the gene pool?


  All alleles of the genes of all the individuals in a population at a given time
• What is allele frequency?


  The number of times an allele occurs within the gene pool
• What does the Hardy-Weinberg principle allow us to calculate?

  The allele frequency of a particular gene in a population
• What is the formula for the Hardy-Weinberg principle?

  p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1
• What does p stand for?


  Probability of allele A
• What does q stand for?


  Probability of allele b
• What does p + q equal?

  One