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Description: Effect of population size on genetic drift: Ten simulations each of random change in the frequency distribution of a single hypothetical allele over 50 generations for different sized populations; first population size n=20, second population n=200, and third population n=2000. Based on concept found in Figure 3.1 of "Darwinian Detectives", Norman A. Johnson, 2007, Oxford publishers, p48.
Title: Random genetic drift chart
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Author: Professor marginalia
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