Minor allele frequency

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Minor allele frequency (MAF) refers to the frequency at which the less common allele occurs in a given population.

SNPs with a minor allele frequency of 5% or greater were targeted by the HapMap project.

MAF is widely employed in Genome Wide Association studies for complex traits.

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