The introduction of a small population onto an island that results in a limited gene pool for a population best describes ____.

A) the Hardy-Weinberg law
B) genetic drift
C) the bottleneck effect
D) the founder effect
E) the effect of genetic isolation

Founder Effect

After a small group of individuals found a new population, allele frequencies in the new population differ from those in the original population.

Limited Gene Pool

Refers to a small variety of genes in a population, which can lead to decreased genetic diversity and increased susceptibility to diseases or genetic abnormalities.