Understanding Genetic Drift in Populations

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Question:

Genetic drift refers to ________.

a change in the overall distribution of a population a change in the frequency of a species' occurrence a change in the frequency of a population's genes because of mutation a change in the frequency of genes in a population because of tectonic plate movement a change in the frequency of a population's inherited trait brought about by a chance event

Answer:

Genetic drift refers to a change in the frequency of a population's inherited trait brought about by a chance event.