Multiple Choice
A founder event changes allele frequencies because
A) only a subset of alleles in the original population are represented in the newly founded population.
B) selection in the newly founded population differs from selection in the original population.
C) coalescent processes generate alleles that share a common history.
D) mutation is higher in the newly founded population than in the original population.
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