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Genetic drift is a change in gene frequency within a population due to chance instead of natural selection. If the population is small, then there can be considerable genetic drift, which can change the gene frequency quite drastically. Think of the genetic variation of a population as a bowl of jelly beans with all sorts of colors, representing healthy genetic variation.
genetic drift that occurs when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population and form a new population whose gene pool composition is not reflective of the original population. bottleneck effect. genetic drift that occurs when the size of the population is reduced, as by natural disaster or human actions. Survivors are not representative of the original population relative fitness