In small populations with no other deviations from Hardy-Weinberg conditions, genetic drift eventually results in fixation on a single allele. If Hardy-Weinberg conditions are further changed by the introduction of new alleles by a constant flow of immigrants, will genetic drift necessarily eliminate these new alleles?

a. yes
b. no


b

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