NEETZoologyEvolution
What effect occurs when a new population becomes significantly different from the original population due to genetic drift?
Options
- AGene flow
- BFounder effect
- CMutation
- DNatural selection
Correct answer
B. Founder effect
Step-by-step solution
Five factors are known to affect Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. These are gene migration or gene flow, genetic drift, mutation, genetic recombination and natural selection. When migration of a section of population to another place and population occurs, gene frequencies change in the original as well as in the new population. New genes/alleles are added to the new population and these are lost from the old population. There would be a gene flow if this gene migration, happens multiple times. If the same change occurs