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The two main sources of genetic variation are mutations and recombinations of genes as a result of sexual reproduction. A mutation is a permanent change in the DNA within a gene. Continue Reading. Some mutations, which affect all cells in an organism, are inherited from a parent.
Genetic variation is an important force in evolution as it allows natural selection to increase or decrease frequency of alleles already in the population. Genetic variation can be caused by mutation (which can create entirely new alleles in a population), random mating, random fertilization, and recombination between homologous chromosomes during meiosis (which reshuffles alleles within an organismâs offspring).