Disciplines and Occupations

Population Genetics

The discipline studying genetic composition of populations and effects of factors such as GENETIC SELECTION, population size, MUTATION, migration, and GENETIC DRIFT on the frequencies of various GENOTYPES and PHENOTYPES using a variety of GENETIC TECHNIQUES.

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The discipline studying genetic composition of populations and effects of factors such as GENETIC SELECTION, population size, MUTATION, migration, and GENETIC DRIFT on the frequencies of various GENOTYPES and PHENOTYPES using a variety of GENETIC TECHNIQUES.

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  • Genetics, Population

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics treed under GENETIC PHENOMENA; human and animal; specify geographic location

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Population Genetics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005828. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005828
  2. Population Genetics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_genetics
  3. Population Genetics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31151