If you sampled the genetic characteristics of a large population and found that of the 50 loci analyzed there is very little, if any, variation, the most likely explanation is that
A)a uniform environment selected for these alleles.
B)there has been a lack of migration, and the genetic equilibrium stabilized the population.
C)strong selection pressures eliminated alternative alleles.
D)a bottleneck effect may have occurred in the past to reduce the variability in the population.
E)a combination of low mutation rates and differential sexual selection produced these results.

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A bottleneck effect may have occurred in the past to reduce the variability in the population, leading to very little variation in the sampled genetic characteristics.

If You Sampled the Genetic Characteristics of a Large Population