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From: "Glen Todd" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Re: Genetic drift
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:33:59 -0600
In-Reply-To: <BAY111-DAV4C207E2DE9C3CFEAA23E7F1C60@phx.gbl>


> TV. What, nobody complained about "genetic snowdrift"? Don't
> we have any Canadians on this list?

That was actually what I thought of, since the purpose of a drift fence is
to cause drifts to form in specific places, rather than to prevent drifting
(which can't be done.) By that logic, a concentration of a subhaplogroup
in a geographical area could be considered a 'genetic drift'.

Glen

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