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gene frequency

[′jēn ‚frē·kwən·sē]

(genetics)

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More accurate assessment of gene frequency of bTT in the population provides solid data about the health burden posed by the disease and is of great help to plan control programs for b-thalassemia in the area.12

INCIDENCE OF b-THALASSEMIA CARRIERS IN MUZAFFARABAD, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR

H-FABP genotypic frequency and gene frequency of BOCs Breed Genotypic frequency (%) AA AB BB BBOC 0.15 (9/60) 0.35 (21/60) 0.50 (30/60) SBOC 0.417 (25/60) 0.366 (22/60) 0.217 (13/60) WBOC 0.450 (27/60) 0.383 (23/60) 0.167 (10/60) Breed Gene frequency (%) A B BBOC 0.325 (39/120) 0.675 (81/120) SBOC 0.600 (72/120) 0.400 (48/120) WBOC 0.642 (77/120) 0.358 (43/120) H-FABP, heart type fatty acid binding protein; BOCs, Baicheng oil chickens; BBOC, black Baicheng oil chicken; SBOC, silky Baicheng oil chicken; WBOC, white Baicheng oil chicken.

Correlation between heart-type fatty acid-binding protein gene polymorphism and mRNA expression with intramuscular fat in Baicheng-oil chicken

The high gene frequency is due to founder effects and high incidence of consangious marriages in the above populations.

Genetic basis for diagnosis of novel mutation of LDL receptor gene

The gene frequency for spe C (24%) was comparable with earlier study (9,11).

Group A streptococcus virulence factors genes in north India & their association with emm type in pharyngitis

This is the first study for the molecular characterization of the [alpha]-thal gene frequency in healthy individuals from the Setif region.

The incidence of alpha-thalassemia in Setif, Algeria / Cezayir, Setifte alfa-talasemi sikligi

As acceleration a is a function of the net force applied to a body with mass m (according to Newton's law, a = F/m), so change in gene frequency is a function of external environmental 'forces' and phenotypic properties of organisms (crudely analogous to mass.)

Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini: What Darwin Got Wrong

The assumption then--and a plausible one--is that ethnic groups differ in susceptibility and gene frequency and finding two ethnic-specific diseases together says little.

The Emperor's new clothiers

For each individual fish--five beans are randomly grabbed from the cup, coded, and recorded on the gene frequency chart (Figure 2), and placed into the next generation cup.

Investigating contemporary evolution via size-selective harvest

"New technologies allow scientists to spot changes in wildlife gene frequency quickly and affordably," said Timothy Beardsley, editor in chief of BioScience magazine.

What to expect in the world of science in 2009

Gene frequency measures the frequency of a particular population of a particular gene relative to other genes at its locus.

Chinese medical pattern discrimination and genomics

The gene frequency ranges from 0.01 in central Thailand, 0.033 in northern Thailand, 0.05 in Laos, to 0.05-0.06 in northeastern Thailand (2, 3).

Hemoglobin constant spring can interfere with glycated hemoglobin measurements by boronate affinity chromatography

They describe the evidence for evolution in fossils, rocks and drug resistance, examine how evolution works (DNA, genetic variation and gene frequency, mate choices and coefficients of relatedness), the scale and products of evolution and the role of evolution in our daily lives.