gene frequency

American  

noun

1. the frequency of occurrence or proportions of different alleles of a particular gene in a given population.

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gene frequency British  

noun

1. the frequency of occurrence of a particular allele in a population

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Etymology

Origin of gene frequency

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Awareness of the prevalence of this disease in Persian cats helped breeders make the best decisions when breeding individual cats, which likely led to the decrease in the diseasersquo;s gene frequency.

From Scientific American

This change in gene frequency is evolution, and in this case has come about by a process called artificial selection.

From BBC

I would love to see a board game exploring the dynamics of natural selection within species, through changes in gene frequency.

From Nature

Mapping out samples collected from different elephant groups across the continent, they were able to design a map where each elephant area had it’s own unique gene frequency–in other words, a geotagging system for elephant poo.

From Forbes

What has been really lacking is agreement over what's driving the gene frequency up - it's selective advantage.

From BBC