Genetic drift

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Genetic drift (an aa kent as allelic drift or the Sewall Wright effect[1] efter biologist Sewall Wright) is the chynge in the frequency o a gene variant (allele) in a population due tae random samplin o organisms.[2]

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  1. The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (2002) by Stephen Jay Gould, Chapter 7, sectionn "Synthesis as Hardening"
  2. Masel, Joanna (25 October 2011). "Genetic drift". Current Biology. Cambridge, MA: Cell Press. 21 (20): R837–R838. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.007. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 22032182.