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Hardy-Weinberg for a food web

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Hardy-Weinberg & SelectionLive

population genetics

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Initial freq of A (p₀)

Fitness AA

Fitness Aa

Fitness aa

Without selection, allele frequencies stay put and genotypes settle at p², 2pq, q² — Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Give the genotypes different fitness and selection shifts the allele frequency each generation. Heterozygote advantage (high Aa fitness) can hold both alleles in a stable balance.

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Final freq A0.500

Outcomepolymorphic

Mean fitness0.95

Governing equation

p^{2} + 2 pq + q^{2} = 0.25 + 0.50 + 0.25 = 1 (p = 0.5, q = 0.50)

Reading this result: Allele A is favored at every genotype, so directional selection drives p toward 1 and eventually fixes A.

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