Certain Traits Will Have Been Lost from the Gene Pool

question 7

Multiple Choice

Certain traits will have been lost from the gene pool forever.This loss of diversity in a reduced population is called ________.

• A)gene flow
• B)genetic drift
• C)bottleneck effect
• D)founder effect

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