A biologist studying evolution starts with a single cell of E. coli and grows a population of one billion bacteria from it. Which rule of Hardy-Weinberg must be broken first before evolution will occur in this population?

a. no new mutations
b. large population size
c. no natural selection
d. random mating


Answer: a. no new mutations

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