When only a very few individuals give rise to a new population in a new area of favorable habitat,they might differ in appearance from the other,larger population from which they separated.This effect is called the:

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The scenario described in the question is the founder effect, where a small group of individuals give rise to a new population and show differences in appearance from other larger populations as a result of genetic drift. The mutation effect refers to a change in genetic material due to mutation, inbreeding effect refers to mating between close relatives leading to an increase in homozygosity and outbreeding effect refers to the introduction of new genetic material from unrelated individuals resulting in increased heterozygosity. None of these effects fully describe the scenario described in the question.

When Only a Very Few Individuals Give Rise to a New