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... frequency of allele A and q equals the frequency of allele a . * The two frequencies add up to 100 percent . This formula is essential for measuring the extent to which evolutionary forces are acting upon a given population and ...
... frequency of allele A and q equals the frequency of allele a . * The two frequencies add up to 100 percent . This formula is essential for measuring the extent to which evolutionary forces are acting upon a given population and ...
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... frequency of a new gene or allele even if the mutation recurs only once in a million duplications . When acting upon genes and alleles already present in the gene pool , natural selection can rapidly raise their frequency . Natural ...
... frequency of a new gene or allele even if the mutation recurs only once in a million duplications . When acting upon genes and alleles already present in the gene pool , natural selection can rapidly raise their frequency . Natural ...
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... frequency of adaptive genes will increase , while the frequency of nonadaptive genes will decline . As long as speciation does not take place , however , the breeding isolate is open to gene flow from the other races . If the racial ...
... frequency of adaptive genes will increase , while the frequency of nonadaptive genes will decline . As long as speciation does not take place , however , the breeding isolate is open to gene flow from the other races . If the racial ...
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Population Genetics | 13 |
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Suborder Anthropoidea versus Suborder Prosimii | 27 |
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