What causes allele frequency changes when a small group of migrating butterflies establishes a new isolated colony?

💡 Explanation

Genetic drift explains the allele changes because the small founder population's gene pool is not representative of the original population, leading to random allele frequency shifts. Therefore, the allele changes are due to chance events, rather than natural selection or mutation pressure.

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