When a few individuals colonize a distant locality and start a new population, the allele frequencies of the gene pool may be different than those in the original population. This is known as ____.
A) the founder effect
B) a population bottleneck
C) genetic equilibrium
D) the Hardy-Weinberg principle
E) natural selection

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The founder effect occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. This can lead to significant differences in the allele frequencies between the new population and the original population, due to the random nature of which alleles the founding individuals carry.

When a Few Individuals Colonize a Distant Locality and Start