Which of the Following Is NOT a Cause of Declining

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a cause of declining genetic diversity?

• A) inbreeding depression
• B) declining population sizes
• C) bottleneck effect
• D) mutation

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Definitions:

Unit Change

A change in the independent variable by one unit and its effect on the dependent variable, often analyzed in regression models or experiments to understand causal relationships.

Total Variation

In statistics, a measure of the overall variability in a dataset or the total amount by which values in a data set differ from the mean.

SSR

Sum of Squares due to Regression, a measure used in statistical models to quantify how well the model explains the variability of the data.

SSE

The sum of squared errors between observed and predicted values in regression analysis, indicating the discrepancy between data points and the regression line.