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According to Hardy-Weinberg principle, allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences. It makes several assumptions which were given below.
i. Random Mating
ii. Sexual Reproduction
iii. Non-overlapping Generations
iv. Occurrence of Natural Selection
v. Small size of population.
Identify two assumptions which do not meet for a population to reach Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?

A

iv and v

B

ii and iv

C

iii, iv and v

D

i, ii and iii

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Occurrence of natural selection and small size of population do not meet for a population to reach Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium. For Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium tobereached,natural selection should not beoccurring.If populationsare undergoing natural selection at the locus underconsideration,allele frequencies will be changing in a specific direction and continuously,Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium predicts that allele frequencies will stay constant.It as sumes that population sizeis very large.
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