Two populations of an endangered species exist in separate locations.Population A has 20 individuals.Population B has 200 individuals.Each population undergoes accidental deaths during the year that reduce their respective numbers by 10 percent.Which population, if either, has a greater chance of extinction, and why?
A) Population A, because the loss of two individuals leads to a greater likelihood of demographic stochasticity.
B) Population A, because the loss of two individuals leads to a greater increase in genetic diversity and inbreeding depression.
C) Neither; the populations are equally likely to go extinct because they lost the same percentage of individuals.
D) Population B, because a loss of 20 individuals is much more serious than a loss of only 2.
E) Population B, because a loss of 20 individuals leads to a greater increase in genetic diversity and inbreeding depression.
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