BIOCHAP9C

Question 1

Genetic drift:

Answer 1

a random event that dramatically alters a population’s gene pool

Question 2

Bottleneck effect:

Answer 2

reduction in genetic diversity that occurs when a large proportion of a population is removed due to a chance event

Question 3

Founder effect:

Answer 3

reduction in genetic diversity occurs when a population is derived from a small unrepresentative sample of the original popu