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NEUTRAL THEORY of EVOLUTION

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Genetic drift<br />

►Let the frequency <strong>of</strong> in next generation = p’ p<br />

►p p will not = p’ p if the population is finite,<br />

because <strong>of</strong> chance (sampling).<br />

►The proportion <strong>of</strong> deviation from one<br />

generation to next should<br />

• Go up sometimes and down sometimes<br />

• Be inversely proportional to N, pop size<br />

• END when one allele reaches 100% <strong>of</strong><br />

population, a state called fixation.<br />

Exam 2 Lecture 8 UIC BioS 101 Nyberg 7

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