The Hardy-Weinberg principle describes the conditions under which allele and genotype frequencies in a population remain constant. Which of the following is NOT an assumption of the Hardy-Weinberg principle?
No mutations occur.
No gene flow occurs between populations.
Natural selection does not act on the population.
Non-random mating, such as assortative mating, occurs.
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Ordovician period
Cambrian period
Silurian period
Cretaceous period
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Draco
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Mammoth
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Homo
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Silurian
Devonian
Jurassic
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Natural selection
Genetic drift
Mutations
Static environmental conditions
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The process of species extinction due to environmental changes.
The development of similar traits in unrelated species due to similar environmental pressures.
Diversification of a species into multiple forms filling different ecological niches.
The gradual change in a species over time leading to the formation of a new species.
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Natural selection
Genetic drift
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Paleocene
Eocene
Oligocene
Miocene
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Mammals
birds
