What is the frequency threshold for a DNA variation to be considered a polymorphism?

What is the frequency threshold for a DNA variation to be considered a polymorphism?
  1. 0.001
  2. 0.01
  3. 0.1
  4. 1

Solution

Allelic sequence variation is traditionally described as a DNA polymorphism if more than one variant (allele) at a locus occurs in the human population with a frequency greater than 0.01.

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