Multiple Choice
An earthquake decimates a ground-squirrel population.The surviving population happens to have broader stripes on average than the initial population.If broadness of stripes is genetically determined,what effect has the ground-squirrel population experienced during the earthquake?
A) directional selection
B) disruptive selection
C) a founder event
D) a genetic bottleneck
E) gene flow
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