Genetic drift operates only in population which is

In island

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Smaller

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Mendelian

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Solution

The correct option is B Smaller
The evolution caused due to the random change in the allele frequencies of a population over generations. It is mainly caused in small isolated population due to chance rather than natural selection. It may cause the change in the gene pool by random sampling of a particular allele which may incur in deleting a particular gene.
So, the correct answer is option B.

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