<span>Some 120 prescription drugs sold worldwide today are derived directly from rainforest plants. And according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute, more than two-thirds of all medicines found to have cancer-fighting properties come from rainforest plants. Examples abound. Ingredients obtained and synthesized from a now-extinct periwinkle plant found only in Madagascar (until deforestation wiped it out) have increased the chances of survival for children with leukemia from 20 percent to 80 percent.</span>
Genetic drift occurs when there is no random mating across a population. This causes a change in allelic frequency due to a random sampling of the population.
As the aboriginal population explored the earth, a small part of the population became geographically isolated either due to continental drift and climate changes. As the isolated population grew bigger, they established their own gene pool. This resulted a change in genotypic frequencies from that of the aboriginal population.
Answer:
nucleolus
Explanation:
The nucleus contains the cell 's DNA and directs the synthesis of ribosomes and proteins. Found within the nucleoplasm, the nucleolus is a condensed region of chromatin where ribosome synthesis occurs.
