Genetic equilibrium has been studied in a number of taxa.

Instead, when looking for genetic equilibrium, studies found large, wide-spread species complexes.

The Hardy-Weinberg principle provides the mathematical framework for genetic equilibrium.

Genetic equilibrium describes a theoretical state that is the basis for determining whether and in what ways populations may deviate from it.

This can have implications for conservation, where genetic equilibrium can be used as a marker of a healthy and sustainable population.

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is one theoretical framework for studying genetic equilibrium.

This indicates that genetic equilibrium may be rare or difficult to identify in the wild, due to considerable local demographic changes on shorter time scales.

At a certain point a genetic equilibrium is reached, and a fresh generation of viable females, capable of reproducing, is produced.

Because allelic dominance can disrupt predictions of equilibrium, some models have moved away from using genetic equilibrium as an assumption.

The life history of marine organisms like sea urchins appear to fulfill the requirements of genetic equilibrium modeling better than terrestrial species.

Genetic equilibrium itself, whether Hardy-Weinberg or otherwise, provides the groundwork for a number of applications, in including population genetics, conservation and evolutionary biology.

Weinberg developed the principle of genetic equilibrium independently of British mathematician G.H. Hardy.

Genetic equilibrium describes the condition of an allele or genotype in a gene pool (such as a population) where the frequency does not change from generation to generation.

Before 1943, the concepts in genetic equilibrium that are known today as the Hardy-Weinberg principle had been known as "Hardy's law" or "Hardy's formula" in English language texts.

Cothran considered the herd to be in genetic equilibrium, although he cautioned that a minimum of 120 breeding-age animals should be kept on the range to maintain the genetic health of the herd.

In fact, although a large population size is a required condition for genetic equilibrium according to Hardy-Weinberg, some have argued that a large population size can actually slow the approach to genetic equilibrium.