what is the interaction of genetic drift and natural selection on the frequency of genes in a population?

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what is the interaction of genetic drift and natural selection on the frequency of genes in a population?

2007-01-24 16:09:36 · 2 answers · asked by doctorhockey18 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Genetic drift is the change in gene frequency over time due to chance, while natural seleciton is the change in gene frequency due to a reduction or increase in fitness.

2007-01-25 00:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Well, the genes would purify more and more over time, eliminating unnessessary genes over time, so I would say the frequency of the genes would increase.

2007-01-24 16:21:54 · answer #2 · answered by chrisbster 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋