There Are Three Isolated Populations of Orchids: Population a Has

question 64

Multiple Choice

There are three isolated populations of orchids: population A has had a constant population size of about 40,000, population B has had a constant population size of about 14,000, and population C has had a constant population size of about 300.We would expect to see an increase in the frequency of deleterious alleles in population _______ because this population would experience the _______ genetic drift.

• A) A; most
• B) A; least
• C) B; most
• D) C; most
• E) C; least

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