When a Population Goes Through a Bottleneck,____

question 49

Multiple Choice

When a population goes through a bottleneck,____.  

• A) genetic drift is likely to occur
• B) mutation rates increase
• C) extinction rates decrease
• D) natural selection decreases in intensity
• E) inbreeding decreases

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Definitions:

Inferential Statistics

The branch of statistics that allows one to make predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data from that population.

Descriptive Statistics

Statistical techniques used to describe and summarize the basic features of data, offering simple summaries about the sample and the measures.

Statistical Hypotheses

Formal statements made about the expected relationship between variables within the context of statistical analysis.

Frequency Distributions

A summary table or graph that shows how frequently different values occur in a dataset, often organized in ascending order.