Is the Effect of an Individual Permanently Leaving a Population

question 63

Multiple Choice

Is the effect of an individual permanently leaving a population likely to have a greater genetic effect if the home population was large or if the home population was small?

• A)Large, because this is an example of disruptive selection.
• B)Large, because natural selection will cause a bottleneck to occur in the remaining individuals.
• C)Small, because the loss of just a few individuals may greatly reduce the remaining genetic variation.
• D)Small, because the remaining individuals will no longer be able to practice nonrandom mating.

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