Population genetics
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Population genetics is the study of allele distribution, transmission, and change in frequency within a population. Because mathematical models of population genetics rely on the effects of the major evolutionary forces (natural selection, genetic drift, random mutation, and gene flow)on the behavior of alleles within populations over time, population genetics forms one of the cornerstones of the modern evolutionary synthesis; that is, the current scientific understanding of the theory of evolution.