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Describe briefly four ways in which individual with particular trait may increase in population |
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Answer» arise due to variations which occur due to sexual reproduction of inaccuracies during DNA copying or environmental factors. Now, the individuals with a particular trait may increase in a population due to the following factors : (i) Natural selection: Those variations which give SURVIVAL advantage to an organism are selected in nature and such TRAITS increase in population. (ii) Genetic drift: It occurs due to change in gene frequency due to accumulation of particular TYPE of genes. (III) Geographical isolation: It leads to change in gene frequency leading to expression of one type of traits in a geographically isolated population. (IV) Migration: It leads to flow of a particular type of gene in a specified population. |
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