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gene frequency

[′jēn ‚frē·kwən·sē]
(genetics)
allele frequency
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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.
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.
Correlation between heart-type fatty acid-binding protein gene polymorphism and mRNA expression with intramuscular fat in Baicheng-oil chicken
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
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.
Evolution 101
High gene frequency among the Ashkenazic and Non-Ashkenazic Jewish population in Israel.
Familial Mediterranean fever and acute anterior myocardial infarction in a young patient/Genc bir hastada ailevi Akdeniz atesi ve akut on cidar miyokard infarktusu
Changes in gene frequency brought about by random genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection lead to the evolution of populations.
Origin of genetic information and evolution of biological species
Here the gene frequency refers to the frequency of the first allele at each locus.
Simulating the effects of dominance and epistasis on selection response in the CIMMYT wheat breeding program using QuCim

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