Refer to the paragraph on dark-eyed junco birds. The UCSD campus male junco population tails were, on average, 36% white, whereas the tails of males from nearby mountain populations averaged 40-45% white

If this observed trait difference were due to a difference in the original colonizing population, it would most likely be due to _____. A) mutations in the UCSD population
B) gene flow between populations
C) a genetic bottleneck
D) a founder effect


D

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