A Hurricane Sweeps Across the Southern Tip of Florida, Killing

A hurricane sweeps across the southern tip of Florida, killing salamanders randomly. Salamander colour is genetic, and, after the storm, scientists notice that the frequency of yellow- brown salamanders and
Green- brown salamanders has changed significantly. This is an example of a _ and we would predict that 20 generations after the storm the population would show .

A) bottleneck effect; little genetic variation
B) founder effect; speciation
C) founder effect; little genetic variation
D) bottleneck effect; many useful adaptations to surviving floods
E) founder effect; a lot of genetic variation

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