Principles of Genetics and Breeding

10.1.6 Derivatives

10.1.6 Derivatives of law

1. A large population that is not in equilibrium attains equilibrium after one generation of random mating, provided mutation, migration and selection are absent.
2. The genotype frequency of the progeny is fully determined by the gene frequency of the parents in an equilibrium population and the gene frequency is obtained by taking square-root of the homozygote frequency.
3. The frequency of the heterozygotes in an equilibrium population is never more than 50 per cent.