Allele Quotes

(W)izarding ability is inherited in a mendelian fashion, with the wizard allele (W) being recessive to the muggle allele (M).

Once polymorphisms (or alleles) have been discovered, study groups can be held to consider the research required for assignment of allele frequency.

While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.