Natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow do not act in isolation ... eds. Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008. Darwin, C.

Natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow do not act in isolation ... eds. Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008. Darwin, C.

The founder effect is an extreme example of "genetic drift." Genes occurring at a certain frequency in the larger population will occur at a different frequency -- more or less often -- in a ...

According to this hypothesis, most of the changes in DNA inside individuals are the result of "genetic drift" -- random changes that go on all the time and aren't steered by natural selection in ...