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4. What is independent assortment and why is it important to the sustainability of populations?

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Independent assortment is a condition in which individuals have equal access to potential mates of all genotypes. Independent assortment ensures continued genetic variability within a population and precludes genetic drift, in which certain genes become very common and lead to deleterious effects on a population.
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