Assertion :Founder effect may lead to formation of new species. Reason: Founders carry all the parental gene pool to a new location.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Solution
The correct option is C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect When a few individuals or a small group of individuals from some large population invades a new or isolated geographical region, these become the founders or founder members. These founders carry on a limited portion of the parental gene pool. Their gene pool may contain certain alleles in a very low frequency or may lack a few alleles. The descendants of the founder, i.e., the founder population or marginal isolates in a new area will tend to have ratios similar to the founders rather than the source population. Sometimes they form a new species.
So, the correct answer is 'Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect'.