A small population of prairie dogs lives in a habitat that does not undergo any changes for a long period of time. How is genetic drift likely to affect this population?
It will reduce genetic diversity by decreasing the frequency of some alleles and increasing the frequency of others.
It will allow most members of the population to live longer because they will inherit many beneficial adaptations.
It will accelerate the appearance of new traits in members of the population who are more “fit” for survival.
It will increase genetic diversity as new alleles are introduced to the gene poo

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A small population of prairie dogs lives in a habitat that does not undergo any changes for a long period of time. How is genetic drift likely to affect this population?
 It will reduce genetic diversity by decreasing the frequency of some alleles and increasing the frequency of others.
 It will allow most members of the population to live longer because they will inherit many beneficial adaptations.
 It will accelerate the appearance of new traits in members of the population who are more “fit” for survival.
 It will increase genetic diversity as new alleles are introduced to the gene poo

anonymous · Answer

gene pool from neighboring populations*

anonymous · Answer

It will reduce genetic diversity by decreasing the frequency of some alleles and increasing the frequency of others.

anonymous · Answer

Genetic drift reduces gene variation