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Natural calamities like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, which kill the majority of people, are shown during which effect? 

Option: 1

Bottleneck Effect


Option: 2

Founder effect


Option: 3

Gene flow


Option: 4

Genetic Drift


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  • Because the organisms that carry particular alleles are eliminated, the frequency of those alleles in a population changes. Since they are the only remaining alleles, the others multiply. This is shown during natural calamities like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, which kill the majority of people.

  • The founder effect occurs when physical or geographic barriers cause a new population to settle in a new area. The newly generated population does not communicate or mate with the existing population. The new population's allelic frequencies will differ from those of the original population as a result.

  • The transfer of genes between populations, species, or creatures is known as gene flow.

  • Smaller populations are typically where genetic drift happens. Any allele can go extinct in a small population with a lot of alleles.

  • Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

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