Imagine a Population of Monkeys in South America Whose Habitat

question 29

Multiple Choice

Imagine a population of monkeys in South America whose habitat has been reduced to the point where only 25 monkeys survive.This is an example of:

• A)population bottleneck.
• B)founder effect.
• C)genetic drift.
• D)natural selection.

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