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Which is the most common mechanism of genetic variation in the population of sexually reproducing organism?

  1. Chromosomal aberrations
  2. Genetic drift
  3. Recombination
  4. Transduction

Correct answer: Recombination

Solution

Recombination is the most common source of genetic variation in sexually reproducing populations because it creates new allele combinations each generation during meiosis and fertilization. Chromosomal aberrations are less frequent, genetic drift changes allele frequencies rather than creating variation, and transduction is a bacterial gene-transfer mechanism.

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