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Mkey [24]
3 years ago
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Genetic drift is _____. hints genetic drift is _____. adaptive more likely to have an impact on small populations an important m

icroevolutionary mechanism in large populations the mechanism by which new alleles originate
Biology
1 answer:
balu736 [363]3 years ago
5 0
<span>"Genetic drift is more likely to have an impact on small populations."

Genetic drift is changing the frequency in the allelic pool of a population. This phenomenon impacts mainly smaller populations because these populations have only a few copies of the alleles present. If a change in the frequency of the alleles happens then it may cause the disappearance of certain alleles because there are only so many copies.</span>
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