There are three isolated populations of orchids: population A has had a constant population size of about 40,000, population B has had a constant population size of about 14,000, and population C has had a constant population size of about 300.We would expect to see an increase in the frequency of deleterious alleles in population _______ because this population would experience the _______ genetic drift.
A) A; most
B) A; least
C) B; most
D) C; most
E) C; least

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Population C with a constant population size of about 300 would experience the most genetic drift due to its small population size. As genetic drift is a random process, it can lead to an increase in the frequency of deleterious alleles in a population over time. Therefore, we would expect to see an increase in the frequency of deleterious alleles in population C.

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