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Ah, if I understand you correctly, you're actually saying that genetic drift is not _only_ a consequence of mutation/selection, right? Because of course allele
by bubblyworld 2y ago
Ah, if I understand you correctly, you're actually saying that genetic drift is not _only_ a consequence of mutation/selection, right? Because of course allele frequencies change in a population just from meiosis.
(I'm not sure your hypothetical is valid though - where would the variation in alleles have come from in the first place without mutation/selection?)
- LarsDu88 2y agoSince this is hypothetical... a wizard did it... You're right though. The initial allelic variation would have to come from mutation, a wizard doing genetic engineering, or some sort of weird alien mechanism that actively creates allelic variation.