What is the difference between genetic drift and natural selection?(1 point)

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Genetic drift is the random increase or decrease of certain genes in a population; natural selection is not random.
Genetic drift is the random increase or decrease of certain genes in a population; natural selection is not random.

Genetic drift is the frequency of genes in a population; natural selection is the frequency of adaptations in a population.
Genetic drift is the frequency of genes in a population; natural selection is the frequency of adaptations in a population.

Genetic drift is the selection of random traits in a population; natural selection is the selection of specific traits.
Genetic drift is the selection of random traits in a population; natural selection is the selection of specific traits.

Genetic drift is the change in a population’s genes over time; natural selection is the evolution of a population over time.

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The correct response is:

Genetic drift is the random increase or decrease of certain genes in a population; natural selection is not random.

This highlights the key difference that genetic drift occurs due to chance events affecting gene frequencies, while natural selection involves the preferential survival and reproduction of individuals with advantageous traits, making it a non-random process.