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The shuffling of alleles due to meiosis and random fertilization having no effect on over all genetic structure of a population signifies

Correct answer: C. Hardy-Weinberg theorem

  • A. Witt's theorem
  • B. Fischer's theorem
  • C. Hardy-Weinberg theorem
  • D. Binomial theorem

Explanation

The shuffling of alleles by meiosis and random fertilization has no effect on the overall gene pool of a population. o Such a gene pool is said to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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