In a particular zoo the population of spider monkeys has a higher proportion of individuals with light golden brown fur than spi
der monkeys in the wild. If the monkeys were recently captured from the wild and if fur color is largely determined by genetics, what evolutionary process is at work?A) The founder effectB) The bottleneck effectC) MicroevolutionD) Artificial selectionE) Genetic drift
<em>The evolutionary process in work is the founder effect. Letter A.</em>
Explanation:
<em>The founder effect is a phenomena that happens when a small group of individuals becomes isolated from a larger population. Regardless of what the original population looks like, the new population resemble only the individuals that are founded the smaller one. The founder effect is that accompanies selecting a small group from a larger population. The separate population become genetically distinct from the original population.</em>
Mammals undoubtedly play an important role in ecosystems by providing essential services such as seed dispersal, pollination and regulating insect populations, and reducing disease transmission [20–22] and there is some evidence that some groups act as indicators of general ecosystem health [23].
