Consider a Population Where Individuals Preferentially Mate with Other Individuals

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Essay

Consider a population where individuals preferentially mate with other individuals of the same genotype. If the population starts in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, will this mating strategy result in changes in allele frequencies? Why or why not?

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