In a population,whenever the second most frequent allele of a gene has a frequency greater than 0.01,we refer to the situation as a
A) genetic polymorphism.
B) genetic anomaly.
C) genetic mutation.
D) genetic abnormality.
E) None of these

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Genetic polymorphism refers to the presence of two or more alleles at a given locus with a frequency greater than 1% in a population. Therefore, whenever the second most frequent allele of a gene has a frequency greater than 0.01, we refer to the situation as a genetic polymorphism. The other choices (B, C, D) are not accurate because they refer to situations that may or may not have anything to do with allele frequencies in the population.

In a Population,whenever the Second Most Frequent Allele of a Gene