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==Genetic drift and evolution==

==Genetic drift and evolution==

Along with [[natural selection|selection]], [[mutation]]s, and [[gene flow]], genetic drift is one of the major mechanisms that can cause populations to change over time.  

Along with [[natural selection|selection]], [[mutation]]s, and gene flow, genetic drift is one of the major mechanisms that can cause populations to change over time.  

Although [[atheistic]]/[[Philosophical naturalism|naturalistic]] evolutionists or evolutionists who subscribe to [[methodological naturalism]] insists that genetic drift combined with other natural process can cause [[macroevolution]], this is not plausible.<ref>[http://creation.com/refuting-evolution-chapter-2-variation-and-natural-selection-versus-evolution Refuting Evolution - Chapter 2 - Variation and natural selection versus evolution] by Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D., F.M.</ref>

Although [[Atheism|atheistic]]/[[Philosophical naturalism|naturalistic]] evolutionists or evolutionists who subscribe to [[methodological naturalism]] insists that genetic drift combined with other natural process can cause [[macroevolution]], this is not plausible.<ref>[http://creation.com/refuting-evolution-chapter-2-variation-and-natural-selection-versus-evolution Refuting Evolution - Chapter 2 - Variation and natural selection versus evolution] by Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D., F.M.</ref>

In the [[neutral theory of molecular evolution]], genetic drift is seen as the most important element causing evolutionary change at the [[DNA]] sequence level: Since most changes at the molecular level are neither good (beneficial) nor bad (deleterious), but neutral, these changes must "drift" to fixation.

In the [[neutral theory of molecular evolution]], genetic drift is seen as the most important element causing evolutionary change at the [[DNA]] sequence level: Since most changes at the molecular level are neither good (beneficial) nor bad (deleterious), but neutral, these changes must "drift" to fixation.