Bottleneck and founder effects are situations that make what condition more likely to affect allele frequencies in a population?

A) nonrandom mating
B) natural selection
C) genetic drift
D) mutation

Bottleneck Effects

A phenomenon where a population's size is significantly reduced for at least one generation, leading to a loss of genetic diversity.

Founder Effects

A genetic phenomenon that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population, leading to a reduction in genetic variation and a potentially different genetic structure compared to the original population.

Allele Frequencies

The proportion or prevalence of different alleles (versions of a gene) in a particular population, which can change over time due to evolutionary pressures.