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The Afrikaner Population of South Africa Is Descended Mainly from a Few

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The Afrikaner population of South Africa is descended mainly from a few Dutch colonists.The Afrikaner population now has a much higher frequency of the gene that causes Huntington disease than is present in the rest of the people of South Africa.This is likely due to


A) the bottleneck effect.
B) disruptive selection.
C) the founder effect.
D) stabilizing selection.
E) cohort selection.

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