Which of the following can produce a population of individuals with a relatively high frequency of a deleterious allele?
A) natural selection
B) mutation
C) migration between large populations
D) the founder effect
E) artificial selection

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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 deleterious ones, due to the limited genetic diversity of the founders.

Which of the Following Can Produce a Population of Individuals