Which Statement About the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Is True

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is true?

• A) It explains why dominant alleles favored by natural selection do not necessarily replace recessive alleles in a population.
• B) It applies only to populations in which there is gene flow.
• C) It assumes that populations are small.
• D) It assumes that individuals prefer to mate with individuals with certain genotypes.
• E) It predicts that the genotypic frequencies of a population will change even in the absence of evolutionary processes.

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