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When a population size drops rapidly over a short period, causing a loss of many alleles that were present in the larger ancestral population, this is referred to as the effect.

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When a population size drops rapidly over a short period, causing a loss of many alleles that were present in the larger ancestral population, this is referred to as the effect.

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This is referred to as the "Bottleneck Effect".

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