The phrase "a result of drift" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an outcome or consequence that occurs due to gradual changes or shifts over time.
Example: "The changes in the species' characteristics were a result of drift in their isolated environment."
Alternatives: "an outcome of variation" or "a consequence of gradual change".
It seems a consequence of the Brand/Ross scandal but one wonders whether it was intentional or a result of drift.
ARTS OF PACIFIC ASIA SHOW Partly as a result of drift, a once-firm difference in status between the International Asia Art Fair and the Arts of Pacific Asia Show at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 26th Street has eroded.
The three-population test loses sensitivity primarily as a result of drift subsequent to splitting from the references' lineages.
As a result of drift there is a geometric multiplier x linking the expected occupancies of phosphoforms.
Standard deviations of the cumulative response across replicates increased over generations for all strategies as a result of drift (Fig. 2).
Then, assuming both lines have an accumulated inbreeding coefficient of F since the base populations, equating expectations: since it is assumed the difference is a result of drift.
As a result of drifting with the current, the movements of such fishes are similar from year to year.
The Cape Sable seaside sparrow, another endangered species located mostly now in Florida, was found to be in jeopardy as a result of drifting sprays of chlorpyrifos.
Another part of the sequence diversification appears specific to certain taxonomical groups, either as a result of mere drift, or a combination of drift and ecological adaptation.
were observed during the early months of infestation, which declined as the season progressed, largely as a result of genetic drift and local movement between adjacent host species [ 26].
Recent studies, however, prove instead that it is a result of continental drift.
