What Darwin Didn't Know: The Modern Science of Evolution

Genetic Drift: When Evolution Is Random

Educational Jan 4, 2019 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E6: Explore how population bottlenecks and the founder effect lead to random changes in the frequency of genes, an independent mechanism of evolution known as genetic drift. Darwin had an inkling of this process when he proposed that “spontaneous variations” play a role in evolution. But genetic drift has proved far more significant than he ever envisioned.

Educational Jan 4, 2019 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2019
Run Time: 31 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.