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African cheetahs, which suffered a dramatic drop in population, rebounded in number to create a population of unusually similar genetic animals. This is called

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African cheetahs, which suffered a dramatic drop in population, rebounded in number to create a population of unusually similar genetic animals. This is called

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This phenomenon is called a "genetic bottleneck." A genetic bottleneck occurs when a population's size is reduced for at least one generation, causing a decrease in genetic variation. The surviving population is likely to be genetically similar because they are all descendants of the small group of initial survivors. In the case of the African cheetahs, their population dropped dramatically at some point, and the population that rebounded was genetically similar due to this bottleneck effect.

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