Quantitative Concept
gene frequency Audio
gene fre·quen·cy
Definitions related to gene frequency:
  • The proportion of one particular in the total of all ALLELES for one genetic locus in a breeding POPULATION.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The relative occurrence of a specific allele at a given locus in a population, usually expressed in percent.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (population frequency) A description of the relative rate of occurrence of specific alleles, traits, or other factors within a population of organisms.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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