TERM: Description of glossary term.
genetic drift
Context: Evolution, Phylogeny .
Changes by chance in the gene pool of a population that result from the small number of individuals in that population.
Reference
Barlow, George W. 2002. "The Cichlid Fishes (Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution)". Perseus Publishing. 352. ISBN: 9780738203768 (crc03927) (abstract)