polydactyly(having more than five fingers on a hand)is much more common in some isolated human populations than it is elsewhere. This is most likely an example of an...........which is due to the evolutionary mechanisms called.........
select one:
a) founder effect; gene flow
b) founder effect;genetic drift
c) adaptation;gene flow
d) genetic ratchet;gene flow
e) genetic ratchet; genetic drift
polydactyly(having more than five fingers on a hand)is much more common in some isolated human populations than it is elsewhere. This is most likely an example of an...........which is due to the evolutionary mechanisms called.........
select one:
a) founder effect; gene flow
b) founder effect;genetic drift
c) adaptation;gene flow
d) genetic ratchet;gene flow
e) genetic ratchet; genetic drift
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