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Genetic drift operates only in:

 

Option: 1

non- reproductive populations


Option: 2

slow reproductive populations


Option: 3

large isolated populations


Option: 4

Small isolated  populations


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As we learn

Genetic drift -

The term genetic drift refers to the etimation of the genes of certain traits when a section of population migrates or dies of natural calamity

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It alters the gene frequency of the remaining population

 

 

The random changes in gene frequences in a population occuring by chance alone rather than by natural selection are called genetic drift or Sewall Wright effect. The effects of genetic drift are most marked in very small isolated population, although it occurs in all poulation.

 

 

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