population genetics

population genetics
population genetics n pl but sing in constr a branch of genetics concerned with gene frequencies and genotype frequencies in populations under equilibrium and nonequilibrium conditions considering esp. randomness of mating, immigration, emigration, mutation, and selection see HARDY-WEINBERG LAW

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the study of the distribution of genes in populations and of how genes and genotype frequencies are maintained or changed. See also Hardy-Weinberg law, under law.

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