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No changes in allele frequency

We can also calculate the frequencies of $A_1$ and $B_1$ after this whole process:

\begin{eqnarray*}
p_1' &=& x_{11}' + x_{12}' \\
&=& x_{11} - rD + x_{12} + r...
...
&=& x_{11} + x_{12} \\
&=& p_1 \\
p_2' &=& p_2 \quad .
\end{eqnarray*}

Since each locus is subject to all of the conditions necessary for Hardy-Weinberg to apply at a single locus, allele frequencies don't change at either locus. Furthermore, genotype frequencies at each locus will be in Hardy-Weinberg proportions. But the two-locus gamete frequencies change from one generation to the next.



Kent Holsinger 2008-08-19