MHT CET Biology question

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Consider the following statements and choose the correct statements. 1. Gene mutations are directional changes in the bases of sequences of genes. 2. Bottle neck effect is the fluctuation in population density causing reshuffling of some of the genes in a gene pool in random fashion. 3. Founder effect is called as Sewall Wright effect. 4. Modern concept of evolution is also called synthetic theory of evolution. Choose the correct option.

Answer: (A)

Solution

Statement 1 is false because mutations are random, not directional; statement 3 is false because the Sewall Wright effect is genetic drift in general, not the founder effect specifically; statements 2

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