Genetic drift is random variation of allele frequencies due to finite-population reproduction. In the neutral ancestry description, randomly sampled gene copies merge into common ancestors according to Kingman's coalescent.
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Change in allele frequencies when a population is established by a restricted sample of ancestors. Subsequent growth does not restore variation that was not sampled.
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