In a given population, a few individuals may, by random chance, leave behind more descendants than other individuals. Thus, the genes of the following generation will have a higher proportion of the alleles of the "lucky" individuals. Which of the following concepts is this example representative of?

a. the bottleneck effect

b. mutation

c. migration

d. the founder effect

e. genetic drift

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Biology

Allyson Larsen

29 December, 06:09

In a given population, a few individuals may, by random chance, leave behind more descendants than other individuals. Thus, the genes of the following generation will have a higher proportion of the alleles of the "lucky" individuals. Which of the following concepts is this example representative of?

a. the bottleneck effect

b. mutation

c. migration

d. the founder effect

e. genetic drift

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Pierce Villarreal · Answer 1

Genetic drift

Explanation:

Genetic drifting is a phenomenon which results in a variation of allele frequency in a population. It results in the loss of certain allele due to low reproduction and increase in certain allele due to increased reproduction rate