The Hardy-Weinberg Rule Is

question 54

Multiple Choice

The Hardy-Weinberg rule is

• A) useful in determining the extent to which a sexually reproducing population is evolving.
• B) used to predict when genetic drift will occur in a sexually reproducing population.
• C) useful in determining the extent to which polyploidy is occurring in specific plant populations.
• D) used to predict when specific groups of organisms will become extinct.
• E) all of these.

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