English Explanatory Dictionary

genetic drift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.

Word forms

genetic drift genetic drifts

Synonyms

allelic drift Wright effect
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