Genetic drift: Introduction

I've mentioned genetic drift several times already, and I'm sure most of you have a sense of what genetic drift is. We begin a closer examination of genetic drift today. Today we'll focus on the properties of drift in an "ideal" population. We'll explore the concept of "effective population size" on Thursday. That's where you'll understand more about what I mean by "ideal".

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