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Which respresents the common conditions of all three of the following: genetic drift, the founder principle, and the bottleneck effect?

A
occurs in small populations when one genetic trait becomes more common in a population purely by chance
B
occurs in small populations and results in a decrease in genetic diversity and/or an increase in the occurrence of specific genetic traits
C
when a small group of organisms only reproduce with each other to create a larger population of organisms
D
when the majority of a population is killed off and there are only a few remaining organisms left to rebuild the population
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Which of the following statements is most accurate concerning the founder effect?

A
It increases genetic variation.
B
It is not an example of genetic drift.
C
It results when a small population breaks away from a larger one.
D
It only occurs amongst the Amish.

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