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Bottlenecks and founder effects

https://evolution.berkeley.edu/bottlenecks-and-founder-effects/

Very brief reading about bottleneck and founder effect with examples. Webpage is part of the Understanding Evolution website from UC Museum of Paleontology. Webpage is available in Spanish.

Used as a pre-class reading to prepare for a class covering genetic drift and other mechanisms of evolution.

Course content area – Population Genetics & Mechanisms of Evolution – Genetic drift, mutation, gene flow, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)

Campus – Hunter College