Which statement is NOT true of genetic drift?

A) genetic drift creates greater diversity within a population

B) population bottleneck and founder effect are two types of genetic drift

C) the smaller the population, the greater the impact genetic drift will have

D) humans are often at fault for the genetic drift of populations due to overhunting and habitat destruction

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Biology

Josephine

7 July, 21:50

Which statement is NOT true of genetic drift?

A) genetic drift creates greater diversity within a population

B) population bottleneck and founder effect are two types of genetic drift

C) the smaller the population, the greater the impact genetic drift will have

D) humans are often at fault for the genetic drift of populations due to overhunting and habitat destruction

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Elaine Haley · Answer 1

I think shes right its a

Ivy Cooke · Answer 2

Genetic drift does NOT create greater diversity within a population. Its effect is the opposite of it. Because of the infrequency of an allele, the allele may be lost in the population or only appear rarely in a specific locus in a population. This will then result in a loss of variance to the population.

The answer then will be letter A.