One cause of genetic drift is _____, in which a small group of individuals leaves its home population and establishes a new, isolated settlement.Multiple choice question.Hardy-Weinberg equilibriumthe founder effectneutral variationheterozygote advantage

Which type of genetic drift occurs when many members of a population die, resulting in a great loss of genetic diversity?Multiple Choicethe founder effectthe bottleneck effectthe directional effectthe selective effectNone of the answer choices are correct.

Why is genetic drift more likely to occur in smaller populations?

In which populations does genetic drift most often occur

Which of the following phenomena is responsible for introducing new genetic variation in a population?Multiple choice question.natural selectionnon-random matingmutationrandom matinggenetic drift

Genetic drift is a change in allele frequencies that occurs by ______ and, unlike mutations, it tends to eliminate alleles from the population.Multiple choice question.chancedirectional selectionnatural selectionrandom mating