How is the end result of natural selection different from the end result of genetic drift? How are they the same?

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Ariella Andrews

8 October, 08:50

How is the end result of natural selection different from the end result of genetic drift? How are they the same?

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Monserrat Keller · Answer 1

1 Answer. Matthew T. Both natural selection and genetic drift are mechanisms for evolution (they both change allele frequencies over time). The key distinction is that in genetic drift allele frequencies change by chance, whereas in natural selection allele frequencies change by differential reproductive success.

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1 Answer. Matthew T. Both natural selection and genetic drift are mechanisms for evolution (they both change allele frequencies over time). The key distinction is that in genetic drift allele frequencies change by chance, whereas in natural selection allele frequencies change by differential reproductive success.