"Genetic Drift" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The fluctuation of the ALLELE FREQUENCY from one generation to the next.
| Descriptor ID |
D040961
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.045.300 G05.330.320
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Genetic Drift" by people in Profiles.
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What sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species? PLoS Biol. 2026 Jun; 24(6):e3003799.
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Chromosome-specific drift under stabilizing selection generates polygenic barriers to sex chromosome turnover. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Apr 14; 123(15):e2528925123.
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Quantitative system drift. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Mar 24; 123(12):e2527137123.
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Mutation-selection-drift balance models of complex diseases. Genetics. 2025 12 10; 231(4).
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Epistatic drift in protein evolution. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2025 Dec; 95:102412.
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Simple scaling laws control the genetic architectures of human complex traits. PLoS Biol. 2025 10; 23(10):e3003402.
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Study design and the sampling of deleterious rare variants in biobank-scale datasets. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jun 10; 122(23):e2425196122.
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Scaling the discrete-time Wright-Fisher model to biobank-scale datasets. Genetics. 2023 11 01; 225(3).
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Translocator protein is a marker of activated microglia in rodent models but not human neurodegenerative diseases. Nat Commun. 2023 08 28; 14(1):5247.
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The impact of genetic modifiers on variation in germline mutation rates within and among human populations. Genetics. 2022 07 30; 221(4).