A bottleneck is when:
A. there is a dramatic reduction in population numbers, followed by a further decrease in population such that the resulting small population has only the limited variation from the original population that made it through the bottleneck.
B. there is a dramatic increase in population numbers, followed by a further increase in population such that the resulting large population varies from the original population that made it through the bottleneck.
C. there is a dramatic reduction in population numbers, followed by an increase in population such that the resulting large population has only the limited variation from the founding population that made it through the bottleneck.
D. there is a dramatic increase in population numbers, followed by a decrease in population such that the resulting population has only the limited variation from the original population that made it through the bottleneck.
Answer: C
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