Question

All of the following are the requirement for a population to be maintained in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium through several generations of intermating except

• A. Nonrandom mating among individuals
• B. No net mutations
• C. Large population size
• D. Isolation from other populations (no migration into or out of the population)
• E. No natural selection occurring

Answer 1

The correct option is A Nonrandom mating among individuals

According to the Hardy-Weinberg law, the allele and genotype frequencies in a large randomly mating population remain constant under the absence of factors responsible for evolution. These factors are namely mutations, migration and natural selection. Thus, the correct answer is option A.