Hardy-Weinberg law

[ hahr-dee-wahyn-burg ]

/ ˈhɑr diˈwaɪn bɜrg /

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noun Genetics.

a principle stating that in an infinitely large, randomly mating population in which selection, migration, and mutation do not occur, the frequencies of alleles and genotypes do not change from generation to generation.

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Also called binomial law, Hardy-Weinberg distribution.

Origin of Hardy-Weinberg law

1945–50; named after English mathematician G. H. Hardy and German physician Wilhelm Weinberg (1862–1937), who independently formulated it

Words nearby Hardy-Weinberg law

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How to use Hardy-Weinberg law in a sentence

Unless there is a court decision that changes our law, we are OK.
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Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
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A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”
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To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
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In Israel, however, a new law took effect January 1st that banned the use of underweight models.
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We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
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He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.
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To Harrison and his wife there was no distinction between the executive and judicial branches of the law.
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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
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These schools became affiliated Universities, but never equalled the Law University in importance.
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Scientific definitions for Hardy-Weinberg law

Hardy-Weinberg law

[ här′dē-wīn′bûrg ]

A fundamental principle in population genetics stating that the genotype frequencies and gene frequencies of a large, randomly mating population remain constant provided immigration, mutation, and selection do not take place. In the simple case of a chromosome locus with two alleles, A and a, with frequencies p and q respectively, the frequency of the homozygotic genotype AA under random mating will be p2, of heterozygotic Aa will be 2pq, and of homozygotic aa will be q2. The law is named for its formulators, British mathematician Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947) and German physician Wilhelm Weinberg (1862-1937).