You spray your kitchen with an insecticide to kill the cockroaches.A few survive and reproduce, producing a large healthy population in a few generations that all have similar genetic backgrounds.This is an example of _____

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The bottleneck effect occurs when a population's size is significantly reduced for at least one generation, leading to a loss of genetic variation. In this case, the insecticide killed most cockroaches, but a few survived and reproduced, resulting in a population with similar genetic backgrounds.

You Spray Your Kitchen with an Insecticide to Kill the Cockroaches.A