Which Statement Is NOT True About the Founder Effect

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which statement is NOT true about the founder effect?

• A)It is a form of genetic drift.
• B)It produces a high frequency of some rare alleles in a small isolated population.
• C)Founding members contain a tiny fraction of the alleles found in the original population.
• D)The founder effect occurs when a population is subjected to near extinction and then recovers so that only a few alleles are left in survivors.

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