What does the Hardy- Weinberg principle state? What is the equation?

• Both dominant and recessive allele frequencies will remain constant assuming the absence of migration, mutation and selection• p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1• Where p=frequency of A/N; p=frequency of a/N 

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