Genetic Drift

Question 1

Founder events

Answer 1

An event that causes genetic drift where a relatively small number of individuals disperse to a new habitat and found a new population

Question 2

Genetic drift

Answer 2

Any change that occurs in allele frequencies that is due to chance

Question 3

Genetic bottlenecks

Answer 3

An event that causes genetic drift where a species undergoes a large and rapid decrease in population size due to a disease, epidemic, catastrophic storm, etc.