Although it was a rare trait in the mainland population,one of the original female mice is homozygous for very large ears.This will lead to a population with a higher incidence of big ears than the mainland population because of
A)bottleneck effect.
B)founder effect.
C)mutation.
D)genetic drift.
E)selection pressurE.

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The founder effect occurs when a small group of individuals establish a new population that is genetically distinct from the original population. In this case, the original female mouse with the trait for large ears is the founder individual for the new population. As a result, the frequency of the large ear trait will be higher in the new population due to the founder effect.

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