Biology 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078024269
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-426-9

Chapter 16 - How Populations Evolve - Assess - Page 295: 2

Answer

C

Work Step by Step

Genetic disorders are sourced from mutations, but the founder effect is responsible for allowing such mutations to accumulate in a population. In nonrandom mating, individuals mate with those that have same genotypes and phenotypes, allowing the disorder to become more frequent as the population lives on.
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