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GENETIC DISTANCE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

A measure of the number of allelic substitutions per locus that have occurred during the separate evolution of two populations or species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Degré de parenté entre des génomes différents.

OBS

En génétique moléculaire, la distance génétique est estimée par le pourcentage d'homologie structurale que présentent deux séquences (par hybridation moléculaire et/ou par comparaison des séquences nucléotidiques).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Medida de la semejanza genética entre dos poblaciones.

CONT

Se calcula sobre la base de la variación en una combinación de caracteres fenotípicos, frecuencias alélicas o secuencias de ADN. Por ejemplo, la distancia genética entre dos poblaciones que tienen las mismas frecuencias alélicas para un determinado locus, y que se mide solamente en ese locus, es cero.

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