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Nov 30, 2009
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popula'tion genet"ics




1. the branch of genetics concerned with the hereditary makeup of populations.
2. the study of changes in gene frequencies in population of organisms and the effects of such changes on evolution and adaptation. Also called quantitative genetics.

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