Definition: this is the total number of genes of every individual in an interbreeding population.

I believe the answer for the above question is Gene pools. Gene pools are the total number of genes of every individual in an interbreeding population; contains variations in genes, the relative gene frequencies, and also the allele frequencies. Relative frequency being the average number of occurrences of a particular event in a large number of repeated units while the allele frequency of an allele compared to other alleles of the same gene in population. 

They must use the scientific method