Gene pool

/dʒˈiːn pˈuːl/

Gene pool

all of the genes that are available within breeding populations of a particular species of animal or plant

Examples

1. The gene pool got to the shallow end.

2. Things like gene pools and highway traffic show the same pattern.

3. You're out of the gene pool.

4. A species is therefore basically a gene pool, one that doesn’t overlap with the gene pools of other species.