Certain traits will have been lost from the gene pool forever.Some may be obvious,like people with red hair or double jointed thumbs.Others will be less obvious,like the ability to process cholesterol or being allergic to peanuts.This loss of diversity in a reduced population is called ________.

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The loss of diversity in a reduced population is called the bottleneck effect. This occurs when a population is drastically reduced in size, leading to a loss of genetic variation and an increase in the frequency of certain traits. Gene flow refers to the exchange of genes between populations, genetic drift refers to random changes in allele frequencies in a population, and the founder effect refers to the establishment of a new population by a small group of individuals, leading to a loss of genetic variation compared to the original population.

Certain Traits Will Have Been Lost from the Gene Pool