Pronunciation: ˌ här-d ē - ' w ī n- ˌ b ə rg-
Function: noun
Etymology: G. H. Hardy † 1947 English mathematician and W. Weinberg † 1937 German physician
Date: 1950
: a fundamental principle of population genetics: population gene frequencies and genotype frequencies remain constant from generation to generation if mating is random and if mutation, selection, immigration, and emigration do not occur ― called also Hardy-Weinberg principle