Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 55.5, Problem 1SB
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The manner in which the population bottleneck increases the chances of species extinction.
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Population bottleneck is the phenomenon in which some of the individuals of a population of a particular species decide to move to the other part of the world by crossing certain geographical barriers like mountains or rivers. This can lead to the loss in gene pool from the population and might lead to generation of defects in both the populations.
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