In a population, the changes in allelic frequencies of a gene that are due to chance.

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Anahi Esparza

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13 June, 08:55

In a population, the changes in allelic frequencies of a gene that are due to chance.

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What is genetic drift? Genetic drift is change in allele frequencies in a population from generation to generation that occurs due to chance events. To be more exact, genetic drift is change due to "sampling error" in selecting the alleles for the next generation from the gene pool of the current generation