Although the data from both reserves were very similar, I have concluded that Reserve 2 is better for reducing the risk of genetic drift in a population. This is because I believe that maintaining heterozygosity is more important than the loss of alleles when trying to decrease the risk of genetic drift. Preserving genetic variation will ensure that the genes within the population do not drift. On the other hand, losing alleles may influence genetic drift but will be contradicted if genetic diversity is still present within the population.
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