A Typhoon Devastates a Population on "Island A" and Only

question 26

Multiple Choice

A typhoon devastates a population on "island A" and only a few individuals survive.Several generations later,the replenished population suffers from several inherited disorders that are very rare in other groups.A genetic event that explains this is

• A) a population bottleneck.
• B) genetic load.
• C) a founder effect.
• D) natural selection.
• E) migration.

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