KnowraGenetic driftLinked fromLinked fromThe 70 pages that link to Genetic drift, each with the reason it gives.All 70Broader topic 1Related 58Narrower topic 4Compared with 7Natural selectionCompared with: Drift can change a population even when variants have no consistent fitness differences.Gene flowCompared with: Drift can differentiate populations, while gene flow tends to make their allele frequencies more similar.IntrogressionCompared with: Drift can change the frequency of introgressed variants without making them adaptive.AdaptationCompared with: Drift can spread traits without the performance advantage that defines adaptation.DarwinismCompared with: It can change populations without the adaptive sorting central to Darwinism.AdaptationismCompared with: It can change traits or gene frequencies without producing adaptations.SelectionCompared with: It highlights how chance can alter populations even when selection favors fitness.