"genetic drift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: genetic drifts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} genetic drift (countable and uncountable, plural genetic drifts)
  1. (genetics, evolutionary theory) An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes. Wikipedia link: genetic drift Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Evolutionary theory, Genetics Translations (overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population): deriva genètica [feminine] (Catalan), 遺傳漂變 (Chinese Cantonese), 遗传漂变 (wai⁴ cyun⁴ piu¹ bin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 遺傳漂變 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗传漂变 (yíchuán piāobiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), dérive génétique [feminine] (French), Gendrift [feminine] (German), જનીન વિચલન (janīn viclan) (Gujarati), deriva genetica [feminine] (Italian), symudiad genynnol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-genetic_drift-en-noun-LT-rdTba Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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