Which statement is NOT true about the founder effect?
A)It is a form of genetic drift.
B)It produces a high frequency of some rare alleles in a small isolated population.
C)Founding members contain a tiny fraction of the alleles found in the original population.
D)The founder effect occurs when a population is subjected to near extinction and then recovers,so that only a few alleles are left in survivors.
E)Chance determines which alleles are carried by the original founders.

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The statement "The founder effect occurs when a population is subjected to near extinction and then recovers, so that only a few alleles are left in survivors" is NOT true. The founder effect occurs when a small group of individuals separates from a larger population and establishes a new population with limited genetic diversity. It is not necessarily linked to a population experiencing a genetic bottleneck or near extinction.

Which Statement Is NOT True About the Founder Effect