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1. Genetic Drift

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   Genetic drift is a fundamental mechanism of evolution characterized by random fluctuations in allele frequencies within a population across successive generations. Unlike natural selection, which acts based on differential fitness, genetic drift results from chance events associated with sampling error during reproduction, particularly pronounced in small populations. Its effects are stochastic and dir…