After several generations, 35 percent of the island population is found to have AB+ blood. This is much higher than the percentage of AB+ people in the populations from which the original settlers came. The high percentage of AB+ blood is probably due to:

A) founder effect. B) disruptive selection.
C) nonrandom mating. D) selective mutation.


Answer: A

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