the founder effect

• when will the founder effect take place

  when a new area in colonised by individuals from a population
• what is the founder effect

  change in allele frequencies as a result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population
• describe the frequencies of Alleles in the founder population when compared to the original population


  the frequencies will be different
• after the founder population have collenised a new area what will cause the population to change and possibly form a new species

  Genetic drift
• when will genetic drift be more significant

  when the population is small