A few questions all interrelated 1 Do you think that random

A few questions all interrelated: 1. Do you think that random genetic drift might influence selection more if selection were weaker or if drift were stronger? 2. Does random genetic drift interfere with natural selection? 3. Does the strength of natural selection determine the extent to which rnadom genetic drift interferes with the accumulation of a favored allele? 4. Does sampling error cause evolution? 5. Does sampling error interfere with natural selection?

Solution

Genetic drift and Natural selection

              Genetic drift is the change in allele frequency in a population. It might lead to loss of a particular allele. The influence of genetic drift is more when there is less copies of an allele and is less when there is more copies of the allele.

                 There is no influence of genetic drift on natural selection, because in genetic drift allele frequencies change by chance, whereas in natural selection allele frequencies change by differential reproductive success. Genetic drift occurs due to sudden change and it’s purely by chance, but natural selection occurs due to adaptation to specific environmental factors and thus it is heritable too. Genetic drift leads to difference in genotypic frequency whereas natural selection leads to phenotypic changes which is heritable.

Sampling error

             Sampling error leads to evolution, which is nothing but the genetic drift. As sampling error occurs randomly it has no influence on natural selection.