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... gene . Often , how- ever , the two genes will differ , and the individual is said to be heterozygous . Variants of the genes may occupy the same locus on each member of the chromosome pair . The variant genes found at a given locus are ...
... gene . Often , how- ever , the two genes will differ , and the individual is said to be heterozygous . Variants of the genes may occupy the same locus on each member of the chromosome pair . The variant genes found at a given locus are ...
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... gene pool is the total inventory of genes and alleles present in a given population . ) 2. Mutations : These are alterations in the sequence or structure of the nucleotides of the chromosomes that result in new alleles or new genes ...
... gene pool is the total inventory of genes and alleles present in a given population . ) 2. Mutations : These are alterations in the sequence or structure of the nucleotides of the chromosomes that result in new alleles or new genes ...
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... genes . When acting upon mutations , natural selection can rapidly increase the 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 ...
... genes . When acting upon mutations , natural selection can rapidly increase the 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 ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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