Chapter 13: The Five Forces Behind Human Evolution

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Genetic Drift Genetic drift is defined as the change in allele frequencies over time due to chance and chance alone. To illustrate drift, imagine the change over time in allele A in a small isolated population of 10 individuals. Suppose that the frequency of A is .50 and the frequency of the other allele, a, is also .50. Hence, with 10 ...

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