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BELK SCIENCE F/LIFE-MASTRG. BIOL.AC+EBK
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The PKU is present in the person those are homozygous recessive for this disease allele. The reasons for this disease allele can be present in various frequencies in those populations that can lead to mental retardation in homozygous person.

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Genetic drift (allelic drift) can be defined as the variation in the frequency of an existing allele in a population due to an accidental sampling of organisms. Allele frequency of a population is the fraction of the copies of one gene which share a specific form. Reproductive isolation can be defined as the barrier created by the environment, such as a mountain range or river that does not allow mating between two groups of same species.

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