Meaning bottleneck effect
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bottleneck effect


Genetic drift resulting from the reduction of a population, typically by a natural disaster, such that the surviving population is no longer genetically representative of the original population.
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bottleneck effect


a change in allele frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population
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bottleneck effect


A severe reduction in population size can reduce the diversity of a population. This genetic change can be caused by an intense natural selection or a disaster, and is called the bottleneck effect. Th [..]
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