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What is the term for changes in allele frequency that that happen randomly from one generation to the next?

Genetic drift


Which factor would most likely disrupt genetic equilibrium in a large population?

Genetic Drift


Is genetic drift an example of macroevolution?

No, genetic drift is an example of microevolution.


What type of population is most susceptible to loss of genetic variability as a result of genetic drift?

small populations


What small genetic change such as a single mutation may result in?

genetic drift....


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.


How can a genetic drift be explained in biology?

A genetic drift is explained in biology as a gene variant changing frequency. Genetic drift can cause genes to disappear and not be passed onto the next generation.


Does genetic drift lead to evolution?

Yes. Genetic drift-- the change in allelic frequencies of a population due to chance-- can play a major role in evolution. The effects of drift are most pronounced in small, isolated populations. Drift can bring alleles to fixation very quickly in such populations, and can lead to genetic differentiation between them, possibly contributing to speciation.


Name the vocabulary term that describes the alteration of allelic frequencies by chance events alone?

Genetic drift.


Is genetic drift of product of genetic change?

Genetic drift is a product of random sampling. Like all forms of sampling or selection, variation within the sample set is required. Thus for genetic drift to occur genetic change (mutation) is required. However, it would be an error to call genetic drift a product of genetic change.


Genetic drift tens to occur in populations that?

Genetic drift has a larger effect on smaller populations.


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.