Question

Are you more likely to observe evolution between T0and T1in the Source population or betweenT0and F1in the Founder population? Explain your reasoning

Answer 1

Answer:

You are more likely to see evolution between T0 and F1 in the Founder population.

Explanation:

The founder's population is one that is formed by a few individuals or even a single individual. It occurs when the original population has experienced a sharp decrease in membership because of a natural disaster or migration. However, when observing the evolutionary process of the founder's population, we can observe that the allelic frequencies of this population are very different from the allelic frequencies of the original population, due to the different evolutionary processes that they went through. This allows you to see the evolution between T0 and F1 in the population of the Founder more efficiently than between T0 and T1 in the population of origin.