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    Genetic drift is the mechanism of evolution where allele frequencies in a population change over generations due to chance events from sampling error. It occurs in all populations that are not infinite in size, with stronger effects in smaller populations. Genetic drift can cause the loss of rare alleles, decrease genetic diversity, and lead to random changes in allele frequencies over time through differential reproduction and chance fluctuations in allele numbers. Examples include the potential loss of pink monkeys through chance mating or the extinction of blonde hair in a small isolated village through random changes in births.

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    Genetic drift is the mechanism of evolution where allele frequencies in a population change over generations due to chance events from sampling error. It occurs in all populations that are not infinite in size, with stronger effects in smaller populations. Genetic drift can cause the loss of rare alleles, decrease genetic diversity, and lead to random changes in allele frequencies over time through differential reproduction and chance fluctuations in allele numbers. Examples include the potential loss of pink monkeys through chance mating or the extinction of blonde hair in a small isolated village through random changes in births.

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    Genetic drift is the mechanism of evolution where allele frequencies in a population change over generations due to chance events from sampling error. It occurs in all populations that are not infinite in size, with stronger effects in smaller populations. Genetic drift can cause the loss of rare alleles, decrease genetic diversity, and lead to random changes in allele frequencies over time through differential reproduction and chance fluctuations in allele numbers. Examples include the potential loss of pink monkeys through chance mating or the extinction of blonde hair in a small isolated village through random changes in births.

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    Genetic drift is the mechanism of evolution where allele frequencies in a population change over generations due to chance events from sampling error. It occurs in all populations that are not infinite in size, with stronger effects in smaller populations. Genetic drift can cause the loss of rare alleles, decrease genetic diversity, and lead to random changes in allele frequencies over time through differential reproduction and chance fluctuations in allele numbers. Examples include the potential loss of pink monkeys through chance mating or the extinction of blonde hair in a small isolated village through random changes in births.

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    GENETIC DRIFT

    BIOLOGY

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    Mechanism of evolution in which allele
    frequencies of a population change over
    generations due to chance events as a

    GENETIC result of sampling error.


    Random fluctuations in the number of
    DRIFT gene variants in a population.
    Once it begins, genetic drift will continue
    until the involved allele is either lost by a
    population or until it is the only allele
    present in a population at a particular locus.
    WHAT POPULATION SIZE DOES IT AFFECT?

    Occurs in all populations of non-infinite size


    Effects are strongest in small populations
    Common in populations that undergo
    regular cycles of extinction / recolonization
    CAUSES EFFECTS
    Differential Number of Offspring
    causes some genes to increase and loss of rare alleles and decrease the
    some to decrease over time. gene pool
    Sudden Immigration or Emigration random changes in allele frequency
    causes sudden change in the gene
    decreases genetic diversity of a
    frequency of the population.
    population
    Population Bottleneck
    sudden shrinking of the population causes new population to be
    causes a radical change in allele genetically distinct from its original
    frequencies in a very short time. population
    Founder Effect may facilitate speciation, the
    small group of individuals, representing only creation of new species
    a tiny fraction of the total genetic variation of
    a species, establishes a colony
    the decreased size of the new colonies
    strengthens the genetic drift for generations
    EXAMPLES
    PINK MONKEY RED HAIR FRECKLED DAZZLE
    EXAMPLE EXAMPLE FLOWER EXAMPLE

    Of the two pink monkeys in A small village has people with The freckled dazzle flower
    the world — one male, one blonde, brown and red hair. exchanges genetic material
    female — the male monkey There is a random succession of with a small population of
    mates with a white female births of redheads. Since red un-freckled dazzle flowers.
    monkey. Since white is the hair is an incomplete dominant Since the un-freckled
    gene and blonde hair is a
    dominant allele, four of dazzle flowers are the
    recessive gene, red and brown
    their five offspring are dominant genes, after a
    hair becomes the dominant hair
    white. Slowly, through few seasons there are no
    color. This leads to the
    genetic drift, the instances extinction of people with
    freckled dazzle flowers left.
    of pink monkeys will be blonde hair in the village.
    eliminated.
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    BOTTLENECK

    NUSSBAUM, R. (2016). GENETIC VARIATION IN POPULATIONS. RETRIEVED ON MARCH 8,


    2022 AT 10: 24 AM FROM
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    ON MARCH 9, 2022 AT 10:43 AM FROM
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    THANK YOU!

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