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Gene frequency

Definition

noun, plural: gene frequencies

The proportion of gene to its allele in an interbreeding population.


Supplement

Synonym: allele frequency.
See also: allele frequency, gene pool.


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... more time. Populations Evolve Not Individuals. Evolution is a Change in Gene Frequency In A Population, not an individual and its offspring alone. you said Neither of these ...

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by robsabba
Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:22 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16275

How to find motif frequencies

Hi, I am new to molecular biology and I am going to cluster yeast gene using seceral data sources. I know that gene can be clustered using gene ... frequencies is also a nother solution. I have read in a paper that using frequency measure of motifs we can cluster genes. Can anyone tell me how to ...

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by asankaf
Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:13 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: How to find motif frequencies
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Views: 182

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... become more rare” (Ref: Futuyma, Douglas Evolution 2005 there are many genetic diseases which are common some occur in about one in every 200 births ... trait is highly desirable and hence the mutated gene is found at high frequency in African and Mediterranean populations. Because the benefit ...

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by canalon
Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:02 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16275

Natural selection is proven wrong

... as NS only deals with traits already present and cant deal with the generation of new species genetics might be able to account for the generation ... drift, an independent process that produces random changes in the frequency of traits in a population. Genetic drift results from the role ...

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by gamila
Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:31 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16275

Hardy-Weinberg / Allele Frequency HELP?

... 500 = 55 It seems to make sense to me, mathematically, but when I look back on it, I get confused. If 336 people are dominant or have the dominant gene, wouldn't that mean that I would somehow have to get 164 people having homozygous recessive in the second part (b)? I wonder if I did something ...

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by jacobaf20
Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:58 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Hardy-Weinberg / Allele Frequency HELP?
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