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Which mechanism decreases the number of genetic variations in a population? A. founder's effect B. mutation C. gene flow

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The correct option is A. Founder's effect is the reduced genetic variability that occur as a result of population production from a small number of colonizing parents. The founder's effects is one of the ways by which nature can randomly produce new species from existing population.
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