What does "genetic drift" mean?

An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.

What is a synonym for "genetic drift"?

Common synonyms include: dna, gene, genotype, heredity, rna.

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An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes. countable, uncountable