The factor that leads to Founder effect in population is:

The factor that leads to Founder effect in population is:
  1. Natural selection
  2. Genetic recombination
  3. Mutation
  4. Genetic drift

Solution

Genetic drift is one of the strong driving forces for the formation of species. If the same change occurs by chance, it is called genetic drift. Sometimes the change in allele frequency is so different in the new sample of the population that they become a different species. The original drifted population becomes founders and the effect is called the founder effect.

Asked in: NEET 2021

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