Apopulation of 1,000 birds exists on a small pacific island. some of the birds are yellow, a trait determined by a recessive allele. the others are green, a trait determined by a dominant allele. a hurrican on the island kills most of the birds from this population. only ten remain, and those birds all have yellow feathers. which of the following statements is true regarding the hypothetical situation?
a. assuming that no new birds coome to the island and no mutations occur, future generations of this population will contain both green and yellow birds.
b. the hurricane has caused a population bottleneck.
c. this situation illustrtes the principle of adaptive radiation.
d. this situation illustrates the founder effect or, the ten remaining birds will mate only with each other, and will contribute to gene flow in the population.
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