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What is allel frequency?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 3/24/2023

Allele frequency is the frequency at which a particular allele occurs in a population. For example, the genes for eye color involves many alleles: blue, brown, green, hazel. etc. Allele frequency refers to how often each expression shows up in a population, so for example in America the allele frequency for blue eyes may be 25%, hazel 15%, green 5% and brown 50%, with 5% left for other minor alleles. This would mean approximately 50% of the alleles for eye color in the American population are the "brown" variant.

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Velda Hauck

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2y ago

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