In a population of doves in a forest, a small group of long-tailed doves migrates to another forest. Over successive generations, the population in the new habitat shows more of the long-tailed doves than the short-tailed ones. Which factor could be responsible for this microevolution?
A. Stabilizing selection
B. Founder effect
C. Gene mutation
D. Bottleneck effect

Question

In a population of doves in a forest, a small group of long-tailed doves migrates to another forest. Over successive generations, the population in the new habitat shows more of the long-tailed doves than the short-tailed ones. Which factor could be responsible for this microevolution?
A. Stabilizing selection
B. Founder effect 
C. Gene mutation 
D. Bottleneck effect

anonymous · Answer

the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population

anonymous · Answer

A population bottleneck is a sharp reduction in size of a population due to environmental stochastic events (such as earthquakes, floods, fires, or droughts) or human activities

anonymous · Answer

Stabilizing or ambidirectional selection, is a type of natural selection in which genetic diversity decreases as the population stabilizes on a particular trait value. This is thought to be the most common mechanism of action for natural selection because most traits do not appear to change drastically over time

anonymous · Answer

In genetics, a mutation is a change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal genetic element.

anonymous · Answer

now you have definitions of the options you have.now you can easily find ur answer

anonymous · Answer

so whats the answer

volkoner · Answer

A