Question

A small group of people with several colorblind individuals move from the mainland move to a previously uninhabited, secluded island. Two hundred years later 5% of the people of the island have colorblindness. This is an example of:__________

Answer 1

Answer:

Founders effect

Explanation:

In population genetics, the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. It was first fully outlined by Ernst Mayr in 1942, using existing theoretical work by those such as Sewall Wright.