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The Hardy-Weinberg
Principle.
Sneha Basu
MSc. Botany
The Hardy-Weinberg Principle.
The Hardy-Weinberg principle deals with Mendelian genetics in the
context of populations of diploid, sexually reproducing individuals. Given
a set of assumptions, this theorem states that:
1. allele frequencies in a population will not change from generation
to generation.
2. if the allele frequencies in a population with two alleles at a locus
are p and q, then the expected genotype frequencies are p2,
2pq, and q2. This frequency distribution will not change from
generation to generation once a population is in Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium.
The conclusions of the Hardy-Weinberg principle
apply only when the population conforms to the
following assumptions:
1. Natural selection is not acting on the locus in question (i.e., there are no consistent differences in
probabilities of survival or reproduction among genotypes).
2. Neither mutation (the origin of new alleles) nor migration (the movement of individuals and their
genes into or out of the population) is introducing new alleles into the population.
3. Population size is infinite, which means that genetic drift is not causing random changes in allele
frequencies due to sampling error from one generation to the next. Of course, all natural
populations are finite and thus subject to drift, but we expect the effects of drift to be more
pronounced in small than in large populations.
4. Individuals in the population mate randomly with respect to the locus in question. Although
nonrandom mating does not change allele frequencies from one generation to the next if the other
assumptions hold, it can generate deviations from expected genotype frequencies, and it can set
the stage for natural selection to cause evolutionary change.
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
- If the frequency of allele A in the population is p and the frequency of allele a in
the population is q, then the frequency of genotype AA = p2, the frequency of
genotype Aa = 2pq, and the frequency of genotype aa = q2. If there are only two
alleles at a locus, then p + q , by mathematical necessity, equals one.
- The Hardy-Weinberg genotype frequencies, p2 + 2pq + q2, represent the
binomial expansion of (p + q)2, and also sum to one (as must the frequencies of
all genotypes in any population, whether it is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium). It
is possible to apply the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem to loci with more than two
alleles, in which case the expected genotype frequencies are given by the
multinomial expansion for all k alleles segregating in the population: (p1 + p2 + p3
+ . . . + pk)2.
Evolutionary Implications of the Hardy-Weinberg
Theorem.
The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem demonstrates that Mendelian loci segregating for multiple alleles in diploid
populations will retain predictable levels of genetic variation in the absence of forces that change allele
frequencies. A common way of visualizing these expectations is to plot p2, 2pq and q2 as a function of
allele frequencies. This graphical presentation emphasizes two important consequences of the Hardy-
Weinberg principle:
1. Population heterozygosity (the frequency of heterozygotes) is highest when p = q = 0.5.
2. Rare alleles are found primarily in heterozygotes, as they must be, given that q2 is much
smaller than 2pq when q is near zero, and p2 is much smaller than 2pq when p is near zero.
References.
1. https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/hardy-weinberg-equilibrium-122/
2. https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-hardy-weinberg-principle-
13235724/
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The hardy weinberg principle

  • 2. The Hardy-Weinberg Principle. The Hardy-Weinberg principle deals with Mendelian genetics in the context of populations of diploid, sexually reproducing individuals. Given a set of assumptions, this theorem states that: 1. allele frequencies in a population will not change from generation to generation. 2. if the allele frequencies in a population with two alleles at a locus are p and q, then the expected genotype frequencies are p2, 2pq, and q2. This frequency distribution will not change from generation to generation once a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
  • 3. The conclusions of the Hardy-Weinberg principle apply only when the population conforms to the following assumptions: 1. Natural selection is not acting on the locus in question (i.e., there are no consistent differences in probabilities of survival or reproduction among genotypes). 2. Neither mutation (the origin of new alleles) nor migration (the movement of individuals and their genes into or out of the population) is introducing new alleles into the population. 3. Population size is infinite, which means that genetic drift is not causing random changes in allele frequencies due to sampling error from one generation to the next. Of course, all natural populations are finite and thus subject to drift, but we expect the effects of drift to be more pronounced in small than in large populations. 4. Individuals in the population mate randomly with respect to the locus in question. Although nonrandom mating does not change allele frequencies from one generation to the next if the other assumptions hold, it can generate deviations from expected genotype frequencies, and it can set the stage for natural selection to cause evolutionary change.
  • 4. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. - If the frequency of allele A in the population is p and the frequency of allele a in the population is q, then the frequency of genotype AA = p2, the frequency of genotype Aa = 2pq, and the frequency of genotype aa = q2. If there are only two alleles at a locus, then p + q , by mathematical necessity, equals one. - The Hardy-Weinberg genotype frequencies, p2 + 2pq + q2, represent the binomial expansion of (p + q)2, and also sum to one (as must the frequencies of all genotypes in any population, whether it is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium). It is possible to apply the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem to loci with more than two alleles, in which case the expected genotype frequencies are given by the multinomial expansion for all k alleles segregating in the population: (p1 + p2 + p3 + . . . + pk)2.
  • 5. Evolutionary Implications of the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem.
  • 6. The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem demonstrates that Mendelian loci segregating for multiple alleles in diploid populations will retain predictable levels of genetic variation in the absence of forces that change allele frequencies. A common way of visualizing these expectations is to plot p2, 2pq and q2 as a function of allele frequencies. This graphical presentation emphasizes two important consequences of the Hardy- Weinberg principle: 1. Population heterozygosity (the frequency of heterozygotes) is highest when p = q = 0.5. 2. Rare alleles are found primarily in heterozygotes, as they must be, given that q2 is much smaller than 2pq when q is near zero, and p2 is much smaller than 2pq when p is near zero.