After observing a population of fish with interesting protective spines, a scientist decides to move two of the fish into a new pond to create a new population of fish to study the ability of the fish to survive a new set of predators. Which of the following evolutionary agents did the scientist introduce?
A - Natural selection
B - Mutation
C - People cannot introduce evolutionary agents
D - Founder effect
Answer: D - Founder effect
The FOUNDER EFFECT is a special form of population bottleneck (population size decreases significantly) in which a small group leaves the main population to form a new population.