The bottleneck effect occurs when natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods drastically reduce the size of a population. Which of the following best describes the resulting effect on the gene pool of the surviving population?

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The bottleneck effect occurs when natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods drastically reduce the size of a population. Which of the following best describes the resulting effect on the gene pool of the surviving population?