Genetic Variation
Genetic variation refers to the variation in the genome sequences between individual organisms of a species. Individual differences or population differences can both be referred to as genetic variations. It is primarily caused by mutation, but other factors such as genetic drift and sexual reproduction also play a major role.
Quantitative Genetics
Quantitative genetics is the part of genetics that deals with the continuous trait, where the expression of various genes influences the phenotypes. Thus genes are expressed together to produce a trait with continuous variability. This is unlike the classical traits or qualitative traits, where each trait is controlled by the expression of a single or very few genes to produce a discontinuous variation.
please help with these two questions:
1. Which of these statements is/are NOT true about genetic drift?
Statement 3. Genetic drift does not occur in large populations.
Both statements 2 and 3.
Statement 2. Genetic drift happens faster in large populations than in small ones.
Statement 1. Genetic drift can cause the loss of an allele in a species.
Both statements 1 and 2.
2. A genetic bottleneck in a population often results in what?
Loss of alleles.
None of the above.
An increase in genetic drift.
All of the above.
Loss of genetic diversity.
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