Genetic drift: introduction

I'm sure you've all heard of genetic drift, and you've probably heard that it's important in small populations. Well, starting today you'll begin seeing that it's not quite as simple as that. We'll start with a really simple example that allows us to develop the most important principles, and then we'll start digging more deeply into them than you ever imagined possible. (Are you getting used to that yet?)

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