You read that the frequency of a particular disease-associated recessive allele in a population is 12%. What does that mean?

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The frequency of a recessive allele in a population refers to the proportion of all copies of the gene in that population that are of the recessive type. If the frequency is 12%, it means that, on average, 12 out of every 100 copies of the gene in the population are the disease-associated recessive allele. This does not directly translate to the percentage of individuals affected by or carriers of the disease, nor does it imply the allele is present in a specific percentage of cells in an individual's body.

You Read That the Frequency of a Particular Disease-Associated Recessive