gene pool
noun
: the collection of genes in an interbreeding population that includes each gene at a certain frequency in relation to its alleles : the genetic information of a population of interbreeding organisms
the human gene pool
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the gene pool of a species
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Eugenicist pseudo-scientific race theories postulated that non-white/Nordic/Aryan immigrants were a threat to the gene pool and therefore the future.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025
The five pups were born at the Living Desert Zoo in Carlsbad, New Mexico, bred for their parent’s valuable genetics to help diversify the wild Mexican gray wolf population’s gene pool.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
One trans activist event went so far as to make the false claim that the XY chromosome is disappearing from the human gene pool and that all humans will eventually be born with the XX chromosome.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
Growing up in a house from Liverpool, the Beatles were the best of my gene pool.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025
The five pups were born at the Living Desert Zoo in Carlsbad, New Mexico, bred for their parent’s valuable genetics to help diversify the wild Mexican gray wolf population’s gene pool.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
One trans activist event went so far as to make the false claim that the XY chromosome is disappearing from the human gene pool and that all humans will eventually be born with the XX chromosome.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
Growing up in a house from Liverpool, the Beatles were the best of my gene pool.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Gene pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gene%20pool. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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