Biology A-Level
gene pool
What gene pool means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A single shared set of alleles, which organisms share when they can interbreed and their offspring are fertile.
All the alleles of all the genes of all the individuals in a population at a given time.
Topics that use gene pool
- Populations (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Species and taxonomy (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- amino acid sequence comparison
- biological species concept
- classification tables
- common names
- convergent similarity
- domain to species
- eight taxonomic levels
- fertile offspring
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