Question

The california populations of the northern elephant seal are descendants from a very small population of seals that was overhunted in the 1890s. heterozygosity in this population would be expected to be ________ due to ________.

Answer 1

The population of Northern elephant seal in California are descendants from a very small population of seals that was over-hunted in the year 1890's. Heterozygosity in this population would be expected to be slight because of a bottleneck effect. Population bottlenecks happen when the size of a population is reduced for at least one generation.