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What is the meaning of the term founder effect?

A) the process where individuals that are not closely related are bred to produce offspring

B) the process of producing offspring from individuals that are closely related

C) a group of individuals leave a larger population to create (found) a new population in a new area

D) When a large number of alleles in a population is suddenly lost due to a natural disaster

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dreamcatcher2020

Answer:

between a an b, but I think it's a

Explanation:

the reduced genetic diversity which results when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestors.

lvvies

Answer:

C) a group of individuals leave a larger population to create (found) a new population in a new area

Explanation:

The gene pool of this new population depends entirely on the genes of the individuals that leave the original population (the founders of the new population).

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