Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
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Chapter 20.2, Problem 2R
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The traits evolved by the changes through the genetic drift and the ones, which evolve by the natural selection.
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The genetic drift and the natural selection both are the processes of evolution. The genetic drift can be defined as the changes, which occur in the population due to a chance event. The natural selection can be defined as the changes in the population, which occur due to the selection of a specific trait by nature.
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