The allele frequency represents the incidence of a gene variant in a population. Alleles are variant forms of a gene that are located at the same position, or genetic locus, on a chromosome.

In this scenario, the deleterious allele will remain at an intermediate ... eds. Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008. Darwin, C.

Heterozygous Describes an individual who has inherited two different alleles of the same gene from their parents Homozygous Describes an individual who has inherited the same allele for a gene ...

1 Homozygous for allele r rr Wrinkled 2 Homozygous for allele R RR Round Plants 2 and 3 both have the same phenotype even though they have different genotypes. This is because the effect of allele ...