A typhoon devastates a population on "island A" and only a few individuals survive. Several generations later, the replenished population suffers from several inherited disorders that are very rare in other groups. A genetic event that explains this is

A) a population bottleneck.

B) genetic load.

C) a founder effect.

D) natural selection.


A) a population bottleneck.

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

The most used EIA for antigen detection that uses a solid phase and membrane is used for detecting which virus?

a. Influenza b. Adenovirus c. HSV d. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Biology & Microbiology

Posttranslational modification includes ____

a. cleavage of poly-A tails from mRNA b. the binding of miRNAs to mRNA c. the chemical modification, processing, and degradation of proteins d. chromatin remodeling e. splicing of mRNAs

Biology & Microbiology

A primer comprised of ________ is needed at the origin of nucleotide addition.

A. DNA B. helicase C. polymerase III D. RNA E. polymerase I

Biology & Microbiology

Depending on the microbe, a pathogen can potentially be spread during _____phases of infection and disease

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Biology & Microbiology