/hich of the following can be considered an example of "bottleneck effect" of genetic drift? An invasive predator suddenly moves into a population of white and black moths, and quickly eats most of the white moths, leading to an overrepresentation of the black allele in the population. A population of penguins has multiple alleles for beak length. Long beaks allow penguins to hunt more fish, increasing their ability to reproduce. A stor occurs and kills off population members with the long beaks, leaving only individuals with short beak length. A group of bats separates from a large population on the mainland, and flies to a nearby island. Members of the island population randomly had alleles that gave them sharp fangs, which help them feed on beetles which happen to live on the island. As a result, the sharper fang allele becomes represente with high frequency in the island bats. All of the above None of the above

/hich of the following can be considered an example of "bottleneck effect" of genetic drift? An invasive predator suddenly moves into a population of white and black moths, and quickly eats most of the white moths, leading to an overrepresentation of the black allele in the population. A population of penguins has multiple alleles for beak length. Long beaks allow penguins to hunt more fish, increasing their ability to reproduce. A stor occurs and kills off population members with the long beaks, leaving only individuals with short beak length. A group of bats separates from a large population on the mainland, and flies to a nearby island. Members of the island population randomly had alleles that gave them sharp fangs, which help them feed on beetles which happen to live on the island. As a result, the sharper fang allele becomes represente with high frequency in the island bats. All of the above None of the above

Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter19: Population Genetics And Human Evolution

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Problem 8QP: How Can We Measure Allele Frequencies in Populations? In a population where the females have the...

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