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The effects of genetic drift are more ma...

The effects of genetic drift are more marked in

A

larger populations

B

Mendelian populations

C

island populations

D

smaller populations.

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The random changes in gene frequencies in a population occuring by chance alone rather than by natural selection are called genetic drift or Sewall Wright effect. The effects of genetic drift are msot marked in very smalled isolated population, although it occurs in all populations.
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