Rabbits can exhibit a number of colors in their coats: black, white, tan, brown, red, and gray. A disease randomly kills off most of the population and leaves only black and gray rabbits. Future Generations are only black or gray. What is the term used to describe this phenomenon?(1 point)

Responses

natural selection
natural selection

genetic modification
genetic modification

artificial selection
artificial selection

genetic drift

1 answer

The correct term to describe this phenomenon is genetic drift. This is because the disease randomly killed off rabbits, leading to a change in the population's genetic makeup without a specific selection pressure for advantageous traits.