True or false: when individuals of a parent species are separated geographically, one population of separated individuals is more likely to acquire neutral mutations than the other.

Question

Lawson Rodgers

Biology

27 April, 05:11

True or false: when individuals of a parent species are separated geographically, one population of separated individuals is more likely to acquire neutral mutations than the other.

+5

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Giovani · Answer 1

This statement is false.

When two small parts of a species population are separated geographically the phenomenon of founder effects occurs. Both of these two newly formed populations have the same probability of acquiring neutral mutations. Due to the geographical separation, the number of alleles for some genes in the parent population is larger than the two new populations.