Question

fill in the blank. migrating humans often lived in small groups, and by chance the genetic diversity in these groups may have been different to the diversity in the wider population. this phenomenon is known as the

Answer 1

Answer: founder effect

Step-by-step explanation:

A founder effect occurs when a new colony is started by a few members of the original population. This small population size means that the colony may have:

reduced genetic variation from the original population.

a non-random sample of the genes in the original population.