The original population of brown spotted deer declined drastically after their forest habitat was flooded. After frantic efforts over three decades by the forest authorities to revive the dwindling population, it did bounce back. Now the deer population is as huge as it was three decades ago, but it shows a decreased amount of genetic variations. Which factor could be responsible for this microevolution?
Bottleneck effect
Natural selection
Founder effect
Gene flow

Question

The original population of brown spotted deer declined drastically after their forest habitat was flooded. After frantic efforts over three decades by the forest authorities to revive the dwindling population, it did bounce back. Now the deer population is as huge as it was three decades ago, but it shows a decreased amount of genetic variations. Which factor could be responsible for this microevolution?
Bottleneck effect
Natural selection
Founder effect
Gene flow

anonymous · Answer

I know this is late but it was Bottleneck.