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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the bottlencek effect?

OpenStudy (kira_yamato):

It's the sudden decrease in population size due to a chance event. This is part of the Neutral Theory of Evolution

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so would green beetles move to a new location and build a new colony there be an example of bottleneck effect?

OpenStudy (kira_yamato):

That would be the Founder's effect.

OpenStudy (kira_yamato):

Say for example, there are 1000 beetles of different colors. What happens if a man happens to step on say 300 off them?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so would this be an example of bottleneck effect green beetles survive as birds dont see the, where as brown beetles get detected or insecicied sparying eliminates all but a few of the beetles on a island

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Insecticide spraying eliminates all but few of the beetles on an island.

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