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Genetic drift in a new colony is known as

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Saltation
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Natural selection
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Founder effect
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Branching descent
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The correct option is C Founder effect
Genetic drift is a change in allele frequency in a population, due to a random selection of certain genes.
Sometimes the change in allele frequency is so different in the new sample of population that they become a different species. The original drifted population becomes founders and the effect is called founder effect.

According to deVries, a single large mutation caused speciation and this phenomenon was called saltation.

Natural selection is the process whereby organisms better adapt to their environment to survive and produce more offspring.


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