# Hardy-Weinberg principle

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A principle in biology stating that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences.

## Etymology
Named after G. H. Hardy and Wilhelm Weinberg, who first demonstrated it mathematically.

## Source
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