Which of the following can produce a population of individuals with a relatively high frequency of a harmful or rare allele?
A) Mutation
B) Natural selection
C) The founder effect
D) Artificial selection
E) Migration between large populations

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The founder effect can lead to a high frequency of a harmful or rare allele in a population because it involves a small group of individuals breaking off from a larger population to establish a new population. This small group may carry rare alleles at a higher frequency than the original population, and these alleles can become more common in the new population due to genetic drift.

Which of the Following Can Produce a Population of Individuals