Population Bottlenecks Occur When

question 3

Multiple Choice

Population bottlenecks occur when

• A)a large number of genetically diverse individuals found a new population.
• B)population size dramatically increases.
• C)a consistently large population experiences a brief period of small size.
• D)drift in consistently small populations become fixed for a single allele.
• E)inbreeding is high.

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