Hardy Weinberg Explains Evolution With Mathematics
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Discuss why the Hardy-Weinberg laws are important in biology. Be sure to give specific examples to support your answer.
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Hardy-Weinberg explains the requirements of evolution within a population. The mathematics of genetics applied to a population's gene pool is a powerful bridge between the inferences made by Darwin, the development of classic genetics by Mendel and the continuing work carried on today. This solution explains Hardy-Weinberg with an actual case study and also includes all mathematical relationships that are part of their discovery.
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Hardy and Weinberg took the science of genetics from generational studies and applied it to whole populations. They quantified their results from scientific concepts into mathematical formulas, and became the early part of the continued development of Darwin's theories into the modern synthesis of the merger of genetics with the theory of evolution. This moved the theory from one based on inference to one based upon objective, quantifiable results that could utilize the scientific method for further clarification. The key points of the Hardy-Weinberg theory include seven ...
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