The Hardy-Weinberg rule is
a. useful in determining the extent to which a
sexually reproducing population is evolving.
b. used to predict when genetic drift will occur in a
sexually reproducing population.
c. useful in determining the extent to which
polyploidy is occurring in specific plant
populations.
d. used to predict when specific groups of
organisms will become extinct.
e. all of these.
Answer: a
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