You are studying three populations of birds. Population A has ten birds, of which one is brown (a recessive trait) and nine are red. Population B has 100 birds, of which ten are brown. Population C has 30 birds, and three of them are brown.
-Which population is most likely to be subject to the bottleneck effect?

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Population A is the smallest, with only ten birds, making it more susceptible to genetic drift and the bottleneck effect, where random events can have a larger impact on the genetic diversity.

You Are Studying Three Populations of Birds