if the original finches that had been blown over to the Galapagos from South America had already been genetically different from the parental population of South American finches, even before adapting to the galapagos, this would have been an example of?

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Answer:

This would have been an example of the founder effect and the genetic drift.

Explanation:

The founder effect would come into effect because in this scenario, the original population would have already been different because a small number of individuals would be establishing this new population and this would have used a less diverse gene pool. Genetic drift would come into play as this small number of finches would constitute a random selection sample from the larger original population and thus the population would have a less varied gene pool to work with in terms of further evolution. This would constitute a change in the frequency of existing genes and genetic drift would take place.

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