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Why are the gene pools of small populations reduced compared to those of larger populations? (1 point)
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lack of suitable mates
lack of suitable mates

bottleneck events
bottleneck events

lack of advantageous traits
lack of advantageous traits

inbreeding
inbreeding

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
inbreeding

In small populations relatives breed more often, increasing homozygosity and allowing alleles to be lost by chance, which reduces the gene pool.