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population genetics

noun pl but singular in constr

Medical Definition of POPULATION GENETICS

:  a branch of genetics concerned with gene frequencies and genotype frequencies in populations under equilibrium and nonequilibrium conditions considering especially randomness of mating, immigration, emigration, mutation, and selection—see hardy-weinberg law

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