Question

question 5 of 10
a large mouse population lives in a forest. a small number of mice are separated from the population during a forest fire. this small group forms their own population with a different allele frequency. what type of situation is this?
a. founder
b. mass extinction
c. gene flow
d. bottleneck

Explanation:

The founder effect occurs when a small group of individuals separates from a larger population and forms a new population with different allele frequencies. In this case, the small number of mice separated during the forest fire and formed their own population, which is characteristic of the founder effect. Mass extinction refers to a large - scale dying out of species. Gene flow is the transfer of genes between populations. The bottleneck effect is a reduction in population size due to a random event, but the key here is the formation of a new population from a small subset (founder effect).

Answer:

A. Founder