Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
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CORE DEFINITION
In an ideal population (infinitely large, random mating, no mutation, no migration, no natural selection), gene frequencies will remain constant from generation to generation.
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Serves as a null hypothesis baseline. In reality, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium never exists. It is precisely because real data deviate from this ideal model that we infer evolution has occurred (due to selective pressures or mutation). In business analysis, if data perfectly conform to expectations (equilibrium), it may indicate that no substantive change has occurred; deviation is where insight begins.
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Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium refers to the constancy of genotype frequencies across generations in the absence of evolutionary forces (p²+2pq+q²=1).
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%E2%80%93Weinberg_principleverified
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