Bottleneck and Founder Effects Are Situations That Make What Condition

question 34

Multiple Choice

Bottleneck and founder effects are situations that make what condition more likely to affect allele frequencies in a population?

• A) nonrandom mating
• B) natural selection
• C) genetic drift
• D) mutation

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