- genetic diversity
- The heritable variation within and among populations which is created, enhanced or maintained by evolutionary or selective forces.
Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.
genetic diversity
Look at other dictionaries:
Genetic diversity — is a level of biodiversity that refers to the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species. It is distinguished from genetic variability, which describes the tendency of genetic characteristics to vary.The academic… … Wikipedia
"Human genetic diversity: Lewontin's fallacy" (scientific paper) — Infobox Multi Locus Allele Clusters In a haploid population, when a single locus is considered (blue), with two alleles, + and … Wikipedia
intraspecific genetic diversity — genetinė įvairovė statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Genetinis kintamumas rūšies viduje. atitikmenys: angl. intraspecific genetic diversity rus. генетическая изменчивость … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
Genetic erosion — is a process whereby an already limited gene pool of an endangered species of plant or animal diminishes even more when individuals from the surviving population die off without getting a chance to meet and breed with others in their endangered… … Wikipedia
Genetic variability — is a measure of the tendency of individual genotypes in a population to vary from one another. Variability is different from genetic diversity, which is the amount of variation seen in a particular population. cite book| title=Variation and… … Wikipedia
Genetic averaging — is a the notion that people of European descent are in some way a genetic average of people of Sub Saharan African descent and people of East Asian descent. It is promoted by J. Phillipe Rushton. Some argue that the genetic research Rushton cites … Wikipedia
Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas — For a non technical introduction to genetics in general, see Introduction to genetics … Wikipedia
GENETIC ANCESTRY, JEWISH — Background The human genome refers to approximately three billion chemical letters (nucleotides) comprising the sequence of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in almost every cell of each human being. There are four different nucleotides (adenine,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Genetic algorithm — A genetic algorithm (GA) is a search heuristic that mimics the process of natural evolution. This heuristic is routinely used to generate useful solutions to optimization and search problems. Genetic algorithms belong to the larger class of… … Wikipedia
Genetic history of Europe — European populations have a complicated demographic and genetic history, including many layers of successive migrations between different time periods, from the first appearance of Homo sapiens in the Upper Paleolithic to contemporary immigration … Wikipedia
