The Founder Effect

question 47

Multiple Choice

The founder effect:

• A)Occurs when large groups of individuals leave their home population and establish new settlements, mating only among themselves
• B)Occurs when small groups of individuals leave their home population and establish new settlements, mating only among themselves
• C)Occurs when many members of a population die, resulting in a great loss of genetic diversity
• D)Occurs when many members of a population reproduce causing too much genetic diversity within the population

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