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 occurs when a small group of individuals becomes isolated from a larger population, leading to a new population that may have a higher frequency of certain alleles, including harmful or rare ones, due to the limited genetic diversity of the founders.

Which of the Following Can Produce a Population of Individuals