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Alexus [3.1K]
3 years ago
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What leads to increase genetic variation in a population

Biology
2 answers:
il63 [147K]3 years ago
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Genetic variation happens when one organism in the population mates with a genetically different organism. Same species, different genetics such as color or height/weight.

valina [46]3 years ago
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Genetic variation can be caused by mutation (which can create entirely new alleles in a population), random mating, random fertilization, and recombination between homologous chromosomes during meiosis (which reshuffles alleles within an organism's offspring).

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