For neutral loci in non-coding regions of the genome, what two factors determine the level of genetic variation in a population?   A. Genetic drift and time   B. Mutation rate and heritability   C. Mutation rate and population size   D. Gene flow and selection   E. Recombination and independent assortment

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  1. For neutral loci in non-coding regions of the genome, what two factors determine the level of genetic variation in a population?

      A.

    Genetic drift and time

      B.

    Mutation rate and heritability

      C.

    Mutation rate and population size

      D.

    Gene flow and selection

      E.

    Recombination and independent assortment

     
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Genetic drift is a process of evolution. It alludes to random shuffling in the frequencies of alleles from one generation to another due to certain events. Genetic drift can make genes predominant or vanish from a populace. The impacts of genetic drift are most articulated in little populaces. It is actually the rearranging of DNA recurrence from one generation to the next. Furthermore, because of this opportunity occasion in the populace. may make a specific kind of quality be more prevailing or a specific sort of illness to vanish from a populace. So, it is a chance event, and it is an evolutionary process.

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