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What Darwin didn't know. Episode 6, Genetic drift: when evolution is random.

Explore how population bottlenecks and the founder effect lead to random changes in the frequency of genes, an independent mechanism of evolution known as genetic drift. Darwin had an inkling of this process when he proposed that "spontaneous variations" play a role in evolution. But genet...

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Other Authors:	Solomon, Scott (lecturer.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English; closed-captioned.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses, 2019. Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Subjects:	Evolution (Biology) Human evolution. Biology. History, Modern. Education films. Nonfiction films. Lectures.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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