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could someone please explain to me?
You are studying three populations of birds. Population A has ten birds, of which one is brown (a recessive trait) and nine are red. Population B has 100 birds, of which ten are brown. Population C has 30 birds, and three of them are brown. Which population is most likely to be subject to the bottleneck effect?
A) Population A.
B) Population B.
C) Population C.
D) They are all the same.
E) It is impossible to tell from the information given.
the answer is A. Can someone tell me why?
2 Answers
- BPLv 71 decade agoFavourite answer
A) Population A. Because it is the smallest. If a bird from that population was lost, it has a greater effect on the total frequencies of red AND brown genes in that population, then say if one bird was lost from either of the other two populations mentioned.
Source(s): bp
