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Genetic drift can best be described as?
D) the change in frequencies of alleles due to random events
A random change in a population's allele frequency?
Evolution is the change in allele frequency over time in a population of organisms. By mutation, genetic drift, gene flow and natural selection.
What describes genetic drift?
random changes in allele frequency (apex) [Correct]
What causes the allele frequencies to changes?
1. Mutation 2. Migration (Gene Flow): both immigration and emigration. 3. Genetic Drift 4. Sexual Selection (Non-random mating) 5. Natural Selection: those most fit survive to pass on their genes to the next generation.
What will prevent genetic drift?
Genetic drift or allelic drift is the change in the frequency of a gene variant (allele) in a population due to random sampling.[1] The alleles in the offspring are a sample of those in the parents, and chance has a role in determining whether a given individual survives and reproduces. A population's allele frequency is the fraction of the copies of one gene that share a particular form.[2] Genetic drift may cause gene variants to disappear completely and thereby reduce genetic variation.When there are few copies of an allele, the effect of genetic drift is larger, and when there are many copies the effect is smaller. Vigorous debates occurred over the relative importance of natural selection versus neutral processes, including genetic drift. Ronald Fisher held the view that genetic drift plays at the most a minor role in evolution, and this remained the dominant view for several decades. In 1968 Motoo Kimura rekindled the debate with his neutral theory of molecular evolution, which claims that most instances where a genetic change spreads across a population (although not necessarily changes in phenotypes) are caused by genetic drift.
What is the Random change in a populations allele frequency is known?
Random change in allele frequency is called genetic drift.
What causes genetic drift?
random chance.
What is an example of genetic drift APEX?
Random Chance
Which of the following events do biologists consider a random change?
you do not provide any choices, so it is impossible to answer your question as stated.
What are the changes of allele frequency in a small population that is due to random chance and don't follow the laws of probability?
Random changes in allele frequency are due to genetic drift.
Gene frequencies in a gene pool may shift randomly and by chance This is called?
Random changes.This would be called genetic drift.
What are random unpredictable events in genetics?
Mutation, and Genetic drift.
Is the English peppered moth the example of random genetic drift?
The English Peppered Moth is a result of natural selection, not random genetic drift. This moth evolved because of the light colors of lichens on trees in their habitats.
Which best describes genetic drift?
random changes in allele frequency - apex
What is a random change in alllel frequency over time that is brought about by chance?
Genetic drift.
The change in allele frequency?
Random change in allele frequency is called genetic drift.
Species drift to form a new species?
I think you mean genetic drift. Genetic drift is not strong enough in itself to cause speciation generally. Genetic drift is merely a sampling error in allele frequency change due to random events.
