What process provides a possible explanation for the higher frequency of type O blood in Native American populations than in other groups?
A) founder effect
B) segregation
C) recombination
D) hybridization

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The founder effect refers to the reduced genetic diversity that occurs when a small subset of a larger population establishes a new isolated population. This can lead to different allele frequencies and higher incidence of certain traits or genetic disorders in the isolated population. In the case of the higher frequency of type O blood in Native American populations, it is possible that this is the result of a founder effect among the ancestral population that migrated to the Americas thousands of years ago. As a result, the higher frequency of type O blood became more common in the descendant Native American populations than in other groups.

What Process Provides a Possible Explanation for the Higher Frequency