One of the Assumptions of the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem Is That

question 6

Multiple Choice

One of the assumptions of the Hardy-Weinberg theorem is that

• A)the size of the population is small.
• B)gene frequencies change by chance alone.
• C)migration into and out of the population occurs regularly.
• D)mating within the population is random.
• E)mutations occur regularly.

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