Question

Hardy-Weinberg Law of population genetics is applicable to the populations where mating is

• A. Apomictic
• B. Panmictic
• C. Both A and B
• D. Selective

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Panmictic

Panmixia (or panmixis) means random mating. A panmictic population is one, where all individuals are potential partners. In genetics, random mating involves the mating of individuals regardless of any physical, genetic, or social preference. In other words, the mating between two organisms is not influenced by any environmental, hereditary, or social interaction. Hence, potential mates have an equal chance of being selected. Random mating is a factor assumed in the Hardy-Weinberg principle.