Question

as part of a wildlife conservation program, researchers take a small population of wolves and relocate them to an island. after several generations, researchers analyze the genomes of the wolves in the population and determine that there is little genetic variation in the population. which evolutionary mechanism best explains the low level of genetic variation of these wolves? gene flow founder effect mutation recombination clear all

Explanation:

The founder effect occurs when a small group of individuals becomes isolated from a larger population and forms a new population. The new population's gene - pool is a subset of the original group's, often resulting in low genetic variation. Here, a small population of wolves was relocated to an island, which is a classic scenario for the founder effect. Gene flow would increase genetic variation, mutation and recombination typically introduce new genetic variation rather than explain low variation.

Answer:

B. Founder effect