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Genetic drift can occur when a large portion of a population dies because of disease or natural disaster.
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When a large fraction of a population dies (a bottleneck), the surviving gene pool may differ from the original by chance, causing allele frequencies to change — an example of genetic drift.
When a large fraction of a population dies (a bottleneck), the surviving gene pool may differ from the original by chance, causing allele frequencies to change — an example of genetic drift.
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