"Gene Frequency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The proportion of one particular in the total of all ALLELES for one genetic locus in a breeding POPULATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D005787
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.330
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| Concept/Terms |
Gene Frequency- Gene Frequency
- Frequencies, Gene
- Frequency, Gene
- Gene Frequencies
- Allele Frequency
- Allele Frequencies
- Frequencies, Allele
- Frequency, Allele
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gene Frequency" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gene Frequency" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2000 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2001 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2004 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2005 | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| 2006 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| 2007 | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| 2008 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2009 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2010 | 1 | 34 | 35 |
| 2011 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| 2012 | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| 2013 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2014 | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| 2015 | 2 | 26 | 28 |
| 2016 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2017 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| 2018 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2019 | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| 2020 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2021 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gene Frequency" by people in Profiles.
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Spectrum, prevalence, and clinical correlates of PPM1D mutations in patients with clonal hematopoiesis and clonal cytopenias. Blood Adv. 2026 Mar 10; 10(5):1746-1755.
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Mapping epigenetic gene variant dynamics: comparative analysis of frequency, functional impact and trait associations in African and European populations. Sci Rep. 2026 Mar 06; 16(1).
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Somatic evolution following cancer treatment in normal tissue. Nature. 2026 May; 653(8115):900-910.
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Profile of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene variants across India and their variability in different geographic regions. Gene. 2026 Jan 15; 976:149870.
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Improved allele frequencies in gnomAD through local ancestry inference. Nat Commun. 2025 Oct 06; 16(1):8734.
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Frequency of variants in Mendelian Alzheimer's disease genes within the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Apr; 104(3):841-851.
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Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis occurs at high frequency in Ashkenazi Jews. Mol Genet Metab. 2025 Mar; 144(3):109041.
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Meta-EA: a gene-specific combination of available computational tools for predicting missense variant effects. Nat Commun. 2025 01 02; 16(1):159.
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Using multiplexed functional data to reduce variant classification inequities in underrepresented populations. Genome Med. 2024 12 03; 16(1):143.
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Multi-ethnic heterozygote frequencies of cancer susceptibility genes to inform counseling of reproductive risk. Genet Med. 2025 Jan; 27(1):101246.