Q. Phenomenon in which the genetic drift gives rise to a new sample of population is called
A) Founder’s effect
B) Divergent evolution
C) Bottle neck effect
D) Stabilizing selection
Explanation
Founder effect is the loss of genetic variations that occurs when a new population is established containing a very small number of individuals called founders. Sometimes they forms a new species. The population in a new settlement may have different genotype frequencies from that of parent population
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