The loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population is ------------------ Group of answer choicesNonepopulation bottleneckPolyploidyFounder's effect

A type of genetic drift in which a population's size drops rapidly over a short period of time, causing the loss of many alleles, is called aMultiple choice question.bottleneck effect.polygenic effect.founder effect.migration effect.

Which of the evolutionary forces is most likely to decrease variation between populations?Group of answer choicesgene flowfounder effectrandom mutationnatural selection

What is the genetic make-up of an entire population?Group of answer choicesPopulationMacroevolutionGene poolMicroevolution

Given enough time, genetic drift will eventually causeGroup of answer choicesthe loss of alleles.an increase in genetic variation within a population.an increase in the mutation rate.extinction of the species.

Is random sampling more likely to have a significant change in the gene pool of a large population or a small population?Group of answer choicesLargeSmall