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genetic drift
A mechanism for evolutionary change caused by the random fluctuations of gene frequencies from one generation to the next, or from any form of random sampling from a gene pool. Any change in gene frequency due to chance in a population.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Archaeology
- Category: Human evolution
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