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You are studying three populations of birds.Population A has 10 birds,of which 1 is brown (a recessive trait)and 9 are red.Population B has 100 birds,of which 10 are brown.Population C has 30 birds,and 3 of them are brown.
-In which population would it be least likely that an accident would significantly alter the frequency of the brown allele?
A)population A
B)population B
C)population C

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Population B, with 100 birds, has the largest population size. Larger populations are less susceptible to fluctuations in allele frequencies due to random events (genetic drift), making it less likely that an accident would significantly alter the frequency of the brown allele.

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