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How is genetic variation beneficial to a population ?

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Genetic variation is an important force in evolution as it allows natural selection to increase or decrease frequency of alleles already in the population.
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It is also advantageous to a population because it helps others to adapt to the environment while maintaining a survival of the population.
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