A population will not exist in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium if:
- Individuals mate selectively
- There are no mutation
- There is no migration
- The population is large
Solution
The Hardy-Weinberg principle says that allele frequencies in a population are stable and constant from generation to generation as long as
- The population is large enough and changes in allele frequencies due to chance or accident are insignificant.
- Mating occurs at random.
- Mutation does not occur or if it does occur it must reach a state of equilibrium.
- All the members of the population survive and have equal reproductive rates.
A population will not exist in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium if the individuals mate selectively as the mating has to be random and influences like mutation, natural selection and genetic drift affect the equilibrium.
Asked in: NEET 2015 (Phase 1)