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You are studying three populations of birds. Population A has ten birds, of which one is brown (a recessive trait) and nine are red. Population B has 100 birds, of which ten are brown. Population C has 30 birds, and three 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
D) They are all the same.
E) It is impossible to tell from the information given.

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Population B, with 100 birds, has the largest population size, making it less likely that an accident would significantly alter the frequency of the brown allele due to the buffer effect of a larger population size on genetic drift.

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