Genetic drift

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Genetic drift

Genetic drift is the change in allele frequency in a population by chance.

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Definitions in the literature

Change in allelic frequencies due to sampling error [1].
Change in allelic frequency due to chance alone [2].
A change in the allelic frequencies of a small population purely by chance [3].
The random change in the frequency of alleles in a population over successive generations due to sampling error in the gametes [4].

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References

Pierce. Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, 7th ed. Macmillan Learning, 2020. ISBN-13: 978-1319216801.
Starr et al. Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology, 5th ed. Cengage Learning, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1305117358.
Audesirk et al. Biology Life on Earth with Physiology, 11th ed. Pearson. ISBN-13: 978-0134142951.
Hine (Ed.). A Dictionary of Biology, 7th ed. Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0198821489.

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