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What conclusion can be drawn from the observation that a population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?Multiple choice question.Allele frequencies are stable from one generation to the next.Evolutionary forces are affecting the population.Genotype frequencies but not phenotype frequencies are the same from one generation to the next.The population is isolated from other populations of the same species.

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What conclusion can be drawn from the observation that a population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?Multiple choice question.Allele frequencies are stable from one generation to the next.Evolutionary forces are affecting the population.Genotype frequencies but not phenotype frequencies are the same from one generation to the next.The population is isolated from other populations of the same species.

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The conclusion that can be drawn from the observation that a population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is that "Evolutionary forces are affecting the population."

The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is a principle stating that the genetic variation in a population will remain constant from one generation to the next in the absence of disturbing factors. These disturbing factors can include non-random mating, mutations, selection, genetic drift, gene flow and meiotic drive. When a population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, it means that the allele frequencies are changing, indicating that some sort of evolutionary force is at play.

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