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This study starts with a simple model by which Hardy-Weinberg proportions are attained in a single generation while maintaining gene frequencies. The question of differentiating between random and non-random mating is explored by simulation. Sample mating proportions are generated using the model as base. The difficulty of differentiating between random and non-random mating is illustrated.

A simple model by which Hardy-Weinberg proportions are attained in a single generation while maintaining gene frequencies is stated and illustrated. The title ‘Quasi-random mating’ is proposed. Confusion about the Hardy-Weinberg principle can be avoided only if there is clear separation between the basic deterministic model and factors influencing a population’s structure. Eighty years passed before C. C. Li coined the term ‘pseudo-random mating’. The lesson taught by Li has not been taken on board.

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The Impossible Dream — Panmixia

C. C. Li and Quasi-Random Mating

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The Impossible Dream — Panmixia

C. C. Li and Quasi-Random Mating