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Genetic drift is the process responsible for:

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Correct Answer: D. losing an existing allele due to random sampling.
Genetic drift represents the change in an allele frequency in a population due to random sampling. Influence from genetic drift is particularly important in small populations. The random changes in allele frequencies could result in the elimination of an existing allele from a population.
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