Find out what happens when random events encounter allele frequencies: genetic drift! This Amoeba Sisters video also discusses the bottleneck and founder effect, as well as the contrast between genetic drift and natural selection.

Contents:
00:00 Introduction
1:33 Defining genetic drift
1:43 Comparing genetic drift to natural selection
2:05 Bottleneck effect
2:52 Founding Effect
3:34 Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution
3:39 Population sizes and genetic drift

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Português – Érika Hotz A. Stein
Hindi Subtitles: Alisha Aggarwal

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