Genetic Drift Will Have a Progressively Larger Impact on Allele

question 68

Multiple Choice

Genetic drift will have a progressively larger impact on allele frequencies in a population as ____.

• A) gene flow increases
• B) population size decreases
• C) mutation rate decreases
• D) population size increases
• E) random mating increases

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