Gene frequency

Gene frequency

The percentage or proportion of a given allele in a sample.

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gene frequency

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The relative occurrence of a gene in a given population, usually expressed as a percentage.

gene frequency

Archaeology; Evolution

The frequency in the population of a particular gene relative to other genes at its locus. Expressed as a proportion (between 0 and 1) or percentage (between 0 and 100 percent).

gene frequency

Archaeology; Human evolution

The percentage or proportion of a given allele in a sample.

gene frequency

Agriculture; Rice science

The proportion in which alternative alleles of a gene occur in a population.

gene frequency

Agriculture; General agriculture

The proportion of one particular in the total of all alleles for one genetic locus in a breeding population.

gene frequency

Geography; Physical geography

Frequency of alleles at an individual or population level.

interstitial wear

Archaeology; Human evolution

See interproximal wear.

one gene-one enzyme hypothesis

Archaeology; Human evolution

The hypothesis, based on Beadle and Tatum's studies in biochemical genetics, that each gene controls the synthesis of one enzyme.

formation processes

Archaeology; Human evolution

Those processes affecting the way in which archaeological materials came to be buried, and theirsubsequent history afterwards. Cultural formation processes include the deliberate ...

subspecies

Archaeology; Human evolution

A geographically defined aggregate of local populations which differs with various degrees of significance (depending on the author) from other such subdivisions of the species.

variance

Archaeology; Human evolution

A statistical measure of how values vary from the mean. See also standard deviation.

euchromatin

Archaeology; Human evolution

Chromatin that is condensed during division but becomes uncoiled during interphase.

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