Genetic Drift

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• Why is genetic drift undesirable in a population?
• How does genetic drift differ from natural selection?
• How does genetic drift affect the hardy-weinberg equilibrium?
• How does a bottleneck affect a population?
• What are some examples of a population bottleneck?
• Explain genetic drift?
• How can isolation and genetic drift lead to speciation?
• What causes genetic drift?
• How do random mating, genetic drift, and natural selection influence allele frequency?
• What change can occur to a small population as a result of genetic drift?
• Would genetic drift be important for endangered species?
• What is the difference between allopatric speciation and sympatric speciation?
• How does genetic drift effect the survival of a population?
• How do genetic drift and microevolution differ?
• Why might genetic drift occur if a small number of individuals colonize a new habitat?
• How would you compare and contrast the founder effect and the bottleneck effect?
• Why are the bottleneck effect and founder effects considered genetic drift?
• What prevents speciation from occurring in sympatric populations?
• What are the two extreme causes of genetic drift?
• Why is genetic drift more likely to occur in a population with few members?
• What is the significance of genetic drift and gene flow?
• What mechanisem can cause genetic drift in a population?
• How do genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, nonrandom mating, and natural selection cause microevolution?
• How does genetic drift affect the diversity of organisms in a population?
• What is the effect of migration on genetic drift?
• What is an effect of genetic drift on a gene pool?
• A chance event that leads to evolutionary changes in the gene pool is termed what?
• What is QMEAN?
• Can adaptations result from genetic drift?
• What is genetic drift?