What is meant by allele frequency?

Answer 1

Allele frequency refers to the proportion of a particular allele within a population's gene pool, usually expressed as a fraction or percentage.

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Answer 2

Ruby Armstrong

Allele frequency is the frequency of an allele relative to that of other alleles of the same gene in a population.

An allele can have a frequency of #0->1#.

If it is #1#, then all organisms in a population are homozygous (for this particular allele). When this occurs, genetic diversity is reduced and the allele is said to be 'fixed'.

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Answer 3

Sebastian Alvarez

Allele frequency refers to the proportion of a particular allele within a population's gene pool. It is calculated by dividing the number of copies of a specific allele by the total number of alleles for that gene within the population.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.