Question

1. 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 establishes a new population. Here, a small population of wolves was relocated to an island, leading to limited genetic variation due to the small - sized founding group. Gene flow would increase genetic variation, mutation and recombination typically introduce new genetic variation rather than explaining low variation in this context.

Answer:

B. Founder effect