Evolution Mechanisms: Natural Selection and Genetic Drift
There are 4 mechanisms that can lead to evolutionary change in a population by contributing to changes in genotype or allele frequency. Let's explore 2 of these evolutionary mechanisms in more detail: natural selection and genetic drift.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- survive
- genetic drift
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- evolution
- natural selection
- allele frequencies
- phenotype
- genotype
- dominant allele
- recessive allele
- homozygous
- heterozygous
- selective pressures
- traits
- reproduce
- bottleneck effect
- the founder effect
- gene flow
- mutation