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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: EVOLUTION
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Assertion: Founder effect may lead to formation
of new species.
Reason: Founders carry all the parental gene
pool to a new location.
of new species.
Reason: Founders carry all the parental gene
pool to a new location.
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Correct option: C
If Assertion is true but Reason is false
Option C (If Assertion is true but Reason is false) is correct because the founder effect can lead to speciation, but founders carry only a subset of the parental gene pool, not the entire pool.
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