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JIPMER 2017
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2017
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Evolution

JIPMER 2017 · Zoology · Evolution

Variation in gene frequencies within population can occur by chance...

Variation in gene frequencies within population can occur by chance rather than by natural selection. This is reffered to as

Options

  1. Agenetic flow
  2. Bgenetic drift
  3. Crandom mating
  4. Dgenetic load

Correct answer

B. genetic drift

Step-by-step solution

Variation in gene frequencies within populations can occur by chance and is called as genetic drift.
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