Genetic Drift occurs due to : 
1. Natural selection 
2. Sudden population migration 
3. Continuous gene migration 
4. Mutation 

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law |
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A population will not exist in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium if:
1. Individuals mate selectively
2. There are no mutations
3. There is no migration
4. The population is large 

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law |
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A gene locus has two alleles A, a. If the frequency of dominant allele A is 0.4, then what will be the frequency of homozygous dominant, heterozygous and homozygous recessive individuals in the population?

1. 0.16 (AA); 0.36 (Aa); 0.48 (aa)
2. 0.36 (AA); 0.48 (Aa); 0.16 (aa)
3. 0.16 (AA); 0.24 (Aa); 0.36 (aa)
4. 0.16 (AA); 0.48 (Aa); 0.36 (aa)
Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law: 1 | Hardy Weinberg Law: 2 | Hardy Weinberg Law |
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At a particular locus, the 'A' allele frequency is 0.6 and that of 'a' allele is 0.4. What would be the frequency of heterozygotes in a random mating population at equilibrium? 

1.0.242.0.16
3.0.484.0.34 

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law |
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The tendency of population to remain in genetic equilibrium may be disturbed by 
1. Random mating
2. Lack of migration
3. Lack of mutations
4. Lack of random mating 

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law |
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Genetic drift operates in  
1. Large isolated populations
2. Non-reproductive populations
3. Slow reproductive populations
4. Small isolated population 

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law |
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Which is the most common mechanism of genetic variation in the population of a sexually reproduction organism? 
1. Transduction
2. Chromosomal aberrations
3. Genetic drift
4. Recombination 

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law |
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In Hardy-Weinberg equation, the frequency of heterozygous individual is represented by 
1. 2pq
2. Pq
3. q2
4. p2

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