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The sum total of all the allelic frequencies of a gene in a Hardy - Weinberg population is

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>=1
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Always 1
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>1
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The correct option is B Always 1
According to the Hardy - Weinberg principle, allele frequencies in a population are stable and constant from generation to generation if the population is not undergoing evolution. The equation to represent this equilibrium is: p + q = 1, where p and q are frequencies of dominant and recessive alleles in the population, whose binomial expansion is expressed in the form of p2+2pq+q2=1,
where p2 is the genotypic frequency of homozygous dominant 2pq is the frequency of heterozygous, and q2 is the frequency of homozygous recessive in a population.
So either allele frequencies or genotype frequencies, the sum total of all remains equal to one in the population, according to Hardy - Weinberg equilibrium.

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