Allele frequency

Allele frequency (or allele frequency ) is a term of population genetics , the relative frequency of an allele in a population referred. It is calculated by dividing the number of copies of a given allele by the total number of copies of all alleles present in the population.

One speaks of the gene frequency (also gene frequency ) when the frequency calculation does not refer to the total population, but to the genome of an individual .

Evolution occurs when the frequency of allele changes in a population . Possible causes for this are natural selection (changes the frequency of individual alleles) or genetic drift .

See also

• Hardy-Weinberg Law
• Genetic drift

literature

• Andrew Cockburn: Evolutionary Ecology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / Jena / New York 1995, ISBN 3-437-30775-4 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gene frequency . In: Compact Lexicon of Biology , Spectrum of Science ; accessed July 30, 2018