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gene flow vs. genetic drift

gene flow vs. genetic drift: 's the difference?

Gene flow is the movement and exchange of genes between populations of organisms as a result of those organisms interbreeding. Genetic drift is the random fluctuation of the genes in a population’s gene pool (which is the total genetic information of all individuals in that population).

gene flow

noun

Ecology.
  1. the alteration of the frequencies of alleles of particular genes in a population, resulting from interbreeding with organisms from another population having different frequencies.

genetic drift

noun

  1. random changes in the frequency of alleles in a gene pool, usually of small populations.