One consequence of genetic drift is
A)increasing heterozygosity in the population.
B)the maintenance of multiple alleles across long periods of time.
C)that populations diverge in terms of their allele frequencies.
D)that populations maintain the same set of alleles through time.
E)All of the above

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Genetic drift can lead to random changes in allele frequencies within a population, causing populations to diverge in terms of their allele frequencies over time. The other choices are not necessarily consequences of genetic drift.

One Consequence of Genetic Drift Is