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The sudden change in the genetic make up or genetic form of an individual is called gene mutation.
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∙ 14y agoits genetic drift yeah?
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yes it is genetic drift ;
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∙ 10y agoheterozygous
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∙ 14y agoA mutation.
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∙ 14y agomutation
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∙ 15y agoMutation
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∙ 13y agoMutation
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A change in the gene pool due to chance is called what?
A change in the gene pool due to chance is genetic drift.
When chance changes in the gene pool of a small population is know as?
This is the evolutionary process known as genetic drift.
What is a change in the frequency of a particular gene in one direction in a population called?
Directional selection.
Why is rapid evolutionary change more likely occur in small populations?
Because of a small gene pool. small population generally equals small gene pool
What is the change in allele frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population?
The resulting change could be anything. When one takes a few individuals out of a larger population, one basically cuts away a large part of the total population gene pool. This is known as the founder effect.
A change in the gene pool due to chance is called what?
A change in the gene pool due to chance is genetic drift.
Farmers change gene pool of a population by?
Artificial selection
What must occur for a gene pool within a population to change?
A genetic mutation within the population.
What causes a frequency in a population to change after each generation?
Gene mutation causes the phenotype frequency in a population to change after each generation.
What is genetic drift-?
Genetic drift is the random change in the frequency of alleles within a population's gene pool. It can cause the genetic composition of a population to change in one direction or another. Combined with natural selection, genetic drift is a principal force in biological evolution.Another Answer:Genetic drift is where random chance events which can effect the gene's abundance in a population, regardless of whether the gene is advantageous or not. For example, a natural disaster kills animals indiscriminately, regardless of their genetic makeup.
When chance changes in the gene pool of a small population is know as?
This is the evolutionary process known as genetic drift.
How mutation can change the gene pool?
If a mutation is present in a gamete, then the mutation will enter the population's gene pool. Once it is in the gene pool, natural selection and genetic drift will influence the frequency that the mutation appears in the population.
What does not change in a population unless outside factores affect the gene pool?
allelie frequencies
What is a change in a population over time that also changes the genes in the gene pool?
Evolution.
What is a change in the frequency of a particular gene in one direction in a population called?
Directional selection.
What factor causes the greatest change in gene pools?
Environmental factors cause the greatest change in gene pools. some of these factors are radiation,pollution,food supply,population,predators,and camouflage. Of these factors the most important to today's gene pool is radiation because it causes mutation in the chromosomes and can completely change an organism.
What hsa to change from generation to generation in an evolving population?
The frequency of the populations alleles. Their gene frequency must change to have evolution.
