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The 70 pages that link to Genetic drift, each with the reason it gives.

• Genetic admixtureRelated: Drift after mixing can alter source-related variants independently of further gene flow.

• History of evolutionary thoughtRelated: Its recognition showed that evolution need not always result from adaptive selection.

• MacroevolutionRelated: Drift can drive divergence between populations, especially when they are small or isolated.

• Human evolutionary geneticsRelated: Drift can rapidly alter variation in small human populations, independently of natural selection.

• MicroevolutionRelated: Chance alone can shift frequencies, even when alleles do not affect fitness.

• Alternatives to Darwinian evolutionRelated: It provides a nonselective mechanism that can drive evolutionary change.

• Evolution of bacteriaRelated: Bottlenecks and small populations can shift bacterial genes independently of adaptation.

• Genetic phenomenaRelated: It changes genetic variation even when variants have no fitness advantage.