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.

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The founder effect occurs when a small group breaks away from a larger population to form a new population, not when a population recovers from near extinction.

Which Statement Is NOT True About the Founder Effect