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Latest revision as of 13:34, 12 July 2012
An equation (p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1) that relates allele and genotype frequencies; the equation predicts an equilibrium if the population size is very large, mating is random, the populations do not migrate, no natural selection occurs, and no new mutations are formed.