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Assertion Genetic drift is also called S...

Assertion Genetic drift is also called Sewall Wright effect
Reason Genetic drift was discovered by American geneticist Sewall Wright

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Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

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Assertion is true, but Reason is false

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Assertion is false, but reason is true

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Random genetic drift or the Sewall Wright effect named after the American Geneticist, who realised its evolutionary significance may be an important mechanism in evolutionary change in small or isolated populations
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