A small group of individuals who colonize a new area most likely will not represent a random sample of alleles of the population from which they came.This is the concept of:
A)genetic drift
B)assortative mating
C)founder principle
D)nonrandom mating

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The founder principle states that a small group of individuals who colonize a new area most likely will not represent a random sample of alleles of the population from which they came. This is because the individuals who colonize the new area are only a subset of the original population and therefore may not carry all the alleles present in the original population. This can lead to genetic drift and changes in allele frequencies in the new population.

A Small Group of Individuals Who Colonize a New Area