If the Small Groups of Viking Explorers in Greenland and North

question 4

Multiple Choice

If the small groups of Viking explorers in Greenland and North America had survived and given rise to new populations,such a scenario would be an example of

• A)gene flow from continent to continent.
• B)the bottleneck effect.
• C)genetic drift among the original Viking explorers.
• D)directional selection.
• E)the founder effect.

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