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Assertion Genes are never added or remov...

Assertion Genes are never added or removed from the gene pool
Reason Generation of a new species depends solely on the environment of the individual.

A

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

B

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

C

Assertion is true, but Reason is false

D

Both Assertion and Reason are false

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The correct Answer is:
d
Genes may be added to gene pool by immigration from other gene pool and mutation. The genes may be removed from the gene pool by natural selection and chance elimination of alleles, which takes place in small populationor during reduction of the population size.
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