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Variation in gene frequencies within populations can occur by chance rather than by natural selection. This is referred to as
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Random unidirectional change in allele frequencies that occur by chance in all population and especially in small populations is known as

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genetic flow

B

genetic drift

C

random mating

D

genetic load

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Genetic drift is a random change in allele frequencies over the generations. It is brought by chance alone. Gene flow or gene migration is the physical movement of alleles into and out of a population
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