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Genetic drift in a population affects the gene pool in which of the following ways?
decrease in genetic variation
increase in genetic variation
increased in mutations
decreased in gene flow
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Decrease in genetic variation.
Genetic drift is random change in allele frequencies, especially in small populations, which tends to fix or lose alleles over time (bottlenecks, founder effects), reducing within-population genetic variation.
Genetic drift is random change in allele frequencies, especially in small populations, which tends to fix or lose alleles over time (bottlenecks, founder effects), reducing within-population genetic variation.
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