Question

What does the Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium measure?

Answer 1

Hardy-Weinberg equation:

1. It is a mathematical equation used to calculate the genetic variation of a population at equilibrium.
2. It is used to estimate the number of homozygous and heterozygous variant carriers based on their allele frequency in populations that are not evolving.
3. This equation states that genetic variation in a population is constant from one generation to the next generation until there are no disturbing factors or evolutionary influences.

Hardy-Weinberg equation is as follows:

p² + 2pq + q² = 1

where P and q are the allele frequencies of different alleles.

p² is the frequency of the homozygous dominant genotype.

q² is the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype.