Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The measure of relative frequency of an allele on a locus in the given population is termed as allele frequency. Generally, allelic frequency is expressed in the form of proportion or percentage. These frequencies show the diversity in the species f a given population.

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