In the Founder Effect

question 59

Multiple Choice

In the founder effect,

• A) allele frequencies always deviate from the parental population.
• B) drift only acts on the founding population when it breaks off from the parental population.
• C) drift may continue to act on a fledgling population.
• D) a and b
• E) a and c

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