I dont realli get this question. itz about Hard-Weinberg..n can u tell me why itz the answer? tnks!?

Question

Compared with Hardy-Weinberg predictions, populations that have practiced assortative mating have

A) fewer homozygotes
B) more homozygotes
C) more mutations
D) more heterozygotes
E) less natural selection .

Answer 1

B. If like mates with like, you'll get more like alleles together, that is, more homozygotes.

Answer 2

Populations in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium mate randomly. Conversely, there are two types of assortive mating, positive and negative. The former indicates that individuals mate with others that are like them. This would increase the number of homozygotes. Negative assortive mating would instead increase the number of heterozygotes. If you assume that the question is asking about the positive type, then the answer is B.

Answer 3

Assortive mating means that individuals choose each other for some specific reason instead of random mating within the population. For instance, people who are deaf are more likely to choose others who are deaf. It is my opinion that this means there will be:

B. more homozygotes - because the individuals have chosen mates that are more like themselves and their offspring are more likely to have inherited the same gene from each parent.