allele frequency

American  

[uh-leel free-kwuhn-see] / əˈlil ˈfri kwən si /

noun

1. Genetics. a measure of the relative frequency of a particular allele in a population, usually expressed as a decimal proportion.

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allele frequency Scientific  

1. The percentage of a population of a species that carries a particular allele on a given chromosome locus.

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Other Word Forms

• allele-frequency
  adjective