The few ancestors of the Galàpagos finches who colonized the islands would be an example of

A. a founder effect.
B. a bottleneck.
C. increased mutation rate.
D. natural selection.
E. gene flow.


A. a founder effect.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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