A wildfire dramatically reduces a population of oak trees. Several months later, high winds blow several acorns from the surviving oak trees to a meadow several hundred miles away. The acorns germinate and establish a new population of oaks in the meadow. The surviving oaks in the original population will likely experience a ____________ effect, while the oaks in the new population will likely experience a _____________ effect.a. bottleneck; founderb. founder; heterozygote advantagec. negative frequency-dependent; frequency-dependentd. polymorphic; monomorphic

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Answer:

a. bottleneck; founder

Explanation:

Bottleneck effect is a loss of a large portion of population. The loss in population results in loss of alleles and a corresponding loss in the population's genetic variability. As a result, the population often become more susceptible to diseases and other limiting factors of the environment.

Founder effects on the other hand is a phenomenon whereby a small portion of a population migrates away from the original population and ends up establishing a new population in another area. The new population most often experience low genetic variability as well as a skewed sample of the alleles in the original population. This also makes the new population to be more susceptible to environment's limiting factors.

Hence, the surviving oaks in the original population will likely experience a bottleneck effect, while the oaks in the new population will likely experience a founder effect.

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