genetic distance
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- A measure of the genetic similarity between any pair of populations. This is measured on the basis of variation in a combination of phenotypic traits, allele frequencies or DNA sequences. For example, the genetic distance between two populations having the same allele frequencies at a particular locus, and based solely on that locus, is zero.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - concordance, economic trait locus, ETL, fixation, genetic distancing, polygene, QTL