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which population characteristic is a requirement of hardy - weinberg equilibrium?
medium population size
large population size
small population size
The Hardy - Weinberg equilibrium has several requirements. One of them is a large population size. In a large population, genetic drift (random changes in allele frequencies) has a negligible effect. In a small population, genetic drift can cause significant changes in allele frequencies, violating the Hardy - Weinberg equilibrium. A medium - sized population may still be subject to some degree of genetic drift, although not as much as a small population. But the key requirement among the given options is a large population size.
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