You are examining a new population that has recently migrated to and colonized a new island. Which of the following characteristics would you expect to see in your population? a. The new population will likely experience genetic drift related issues related to the founder effect. b. The new population will suffer more the effects of mutation because this is a bottleneck event. c. The new population will have high levels of heterozygosity and allelic richness. d. The new population will most likely have the same allele frequencies as the original population.

You are examining a new population that has recently migrated to and colonized a new island. Which of the following characteristics would you expect to see in your population? a. The new population will likely experience genetic drift related issues related to the founder effect. b. The new population will suffer more the effects of mutation because this is a bottleneck event. c. The new population will have high levels of heterozygosity and allelic richness. d. The new population will most likely have the same allele frequencies as the original population.

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Chapter19: Population Genetics And Human Evolution

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You are examining a new population that has recently migrated to and colonized a new island. Which of the following characteristics would you expect to see in your population?

	a.	The new population will likely experience genetic drift related issues related to the founder effect.
	b.	The new population will suffer more the effects of mutation because this is a bottleneck event.
	c.	The new population will have high levels of heterozygosity and allelic richness.
	d.	The new population will most likely have the same allele frequencies as the original population.

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