Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genetic drift

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: ge-net-ic -drift
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

genetic drifts (plural)

Synonyms

allelic drift Wright effect

Questions

What does genetic drift mean?: An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.

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