Soon after the island of Hawaii rose above the sea surface (somewhat less than 1 million years ago) and organisms colonized the island, the evolution of life on this new island should have been most strongly influenced by ________.

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Answer:

Let's complete the question by adding the options to it

A) genetic bottleneck.

B) sexual selection.

C) habitat differentiation.

D) founder effect.

The RIGHT ANSWER IS D)

D) founder effect.

Explanation:

The founder effect refers to a loss in genetic variation due to formation of a new population from few number of individuals out of a larger population.

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