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.

A recent study released by the University of Wisconsin-Madison sheds light on how the sugary enhancer1 (se1) allele influences the nutritional profile ...

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 ...

Douglas A. Tremblay, MD, discusses the long-term data supporting ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft as treatment in patients with polycythemia vera.