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random mating
selection of a mate without regard to genotype
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
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Random mating within a single population
Infinite population size (or sufficiently large so as to minimize the effect of genetic drift)
and experiences:
No selection
No mutation
No migration (gene flow) ...
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Random mating involves individuals pairing by chance, not according to their genotypes or phenotypes. Nonrandom mating involves individuals inbreeding and assortative mating.
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Nonrandom Mating
One of the cornerstones of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is that mating in the population must be random. If individuals (usually females) are choosy in their selection of mates the gene frequencies may become altered.
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Non-random mating results in a deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg distribution. Humans mate assortatively according to race; we are more likely to mate with someone of own race than another.
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A type of nonrandom mating in which mating partners resemble each other in certain phenotypic characters.
asymmetric carbon
A carbon atom covalently bonded to four different atoms or groups of atoms.
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The Hardy-Weinberg principle (HWP) (also Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), or Hardy-Weinberg law) states that, under certain conditions, after one generation of random mating, ...
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) with the expected Fe value based on the number of alleles in the locus of interest, neutrality expectations and random mating assumption. A test of comparison yields an F value.
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A mating system in which matings are governed entirely by chance. Also called random mating.
Homozygosity
The presence of the same alleles at one or more loci. Cf. homozygote ...
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Hardy-Weinberg law. Law that states that the frequencies of genotypes in a population at a locus are determined by random mating and allele frequency
Herbivore. An organism that consumes plants ...
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The stable frequency distribution of genotypes, AA, Aa, and aa, in the proportions p2, 2pq, and q2 respectively (where p and q are the frequencies of the alleles, A and a) that is a consequence of random mating in the absence of mutation, migration, ...
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