There are five basic Hardy-Weinberg assumptions:
1. Random Mating -
2. No natural selection - all members of the parental generation survived and contributed equal numbers of gametes to the gene pool, no matter the genotype
3. No genetic drift (random allele frequency changes) - the population is infinitely large.
4. No gene flow - no new alleles were added by immigration or lost through emigration (no migration)
5. No mutation - There must be mutation equilibrium.
Answer:
No genetic drift can affect allele frequencies for the gene.
Explanation:
Any condition that changes allele frequencies in the population represents a violation of the Hardy-Weinberg principle and means that the population will not be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
