gene pool
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gene pool (plural gene pools)
(genetics) The complete set of unique alleles that would be found by inspecting the genetic material of every living member of a species or population.
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An important concept in sociobiology is that temperamental traits within a gene pool and between gene pools exist in an ecological balance.
Again, any which don't breed will have their genetics removed from the gene pool.
Fortunately the Sloughi is one of the breeds in whom this condition can be tested, with a small blood sample, and breeders are working to eliminate PRA from the gene pool.
“By ‘bringing cells to life,’ if you will, making an animal out of a cell, we can bring back a portion of the gene pool that would otherwise be lost,” said Oliver Ryder, director of genetics at San Diego Zoo Global.
Each of these Kzinti defeats eliminated the most aggressive individuals from the Kzinti gene pool and thus made the Kzinti more "manageable" from a Puppeteer point of view.
Cross-breeding has been done repeatedly to transfer resistances to certain pests and diseases from the gene pool of wild species to the gene pool of cultivated potato species.