Which represents the common conditions of all three of the following: genetic drift, the founder principle, and the bottleneck effect? a. Occurs in small populations when one genetic trait becomes more common in a population purely by chance. b. Occurs in small populations and results in a decrease in genetic diversity and/or an increase in the occurrence of specific genetic traits. c. When a small group of organisms only reproduce with each other to create a larger population of organisms. d. When the majority of a population is killed off and there are only a few remaining organisms left to rebuild the population.
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The founder principle is a type of genetic drift that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes isolated from the larger population and forms a new population with a different gene pool. The bottleneck effect is another type of genetic drift that occurs Show more…
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