AGB-0007
QUESTION
Fraction of all alleles that occur at a given locus in a specified population is defined as?
OPTIONS
(A) Variation
(B) Heritability
(C) Gene frequency
(D) Regression
ANSWER
(C) Gene frequency
EXPLANATION
Gene frequency, or allele frequency, is the proportion of copies of a particular allele among all allele copies at a specified locus in a defined population. Variation refers to differences among individuals, heritability describes the proportion of phenotypic variance attributable to genetic variance, and regression describes a statistical relationship between variables.