"MAF" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: MAFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MAF (plural MAFs)
  1. (genetics) Initialism of minor allele frequency: the frequency of the less-common allele at a SNP. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: minor allele frequency (extra: the frequency of the less-common allele at a SNP) Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-MAF-en-noun-eAdORSOi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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