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Preferred Name

Genetic Drift
Synonyms

Genetic Drift

Genetic Divergence

Genetic Differentiation

Definitions

The random change of the occurrence of a particular gene in a population, genetic drift is thought to be one cause of speciation when a group of organisms is separated from its parent population. (NCI)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C20193

code

C20193

DEFINITION

The random change of the occurrence of a particular gene in a population, genetic drift is thought to be one cause of speciation when a group of organisms is separated from its parent population. (NCI)

FULL_SYN

Genetic Drift

Genetic Divergence

Genetic Differentiation

label

Genetic Drift

Legacy Concept Name

Genetic_Drift

Preferred_Name

Genetic Drift

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C20193

Semantic_Type

Phenomenon or Process

UMLS_CUI

C0917892

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C20182

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