Meanings
noungenetic drift (countable and uncountable, plural genetic drifts)
plural genetic drifts
- countableuncountableevolutionary theorybiologyAn overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.
Synonyms: allelic drift, Wright effect
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.
Similar
allelic driftWright effect
Also see
Translations
Catalan deriva genètica
- deriva genèticaoverall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population
Chinese Cantonese 遺傳漂變 /遗传漂变
- 遺傳漂變 /遗传漂变 (wai⁴ cyun⁴ piu¹ bin³)overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population
Chinese Mandarin 遺傳漂變 /遗传漂变
- 遺傳漂變 /遗传漂变 (yíchuán piāobiàn)overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population
French dérive génétique
- dérive génétiqueoverall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population
German Gendrift
- Gendriftoverall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population
Italian deriva genetica
- deriva geneticaoverall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population
Welsh symudiad genynnol
- symudiad genynnoloverall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population
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