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

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natural selection
natural selection

genetic drift
genetic drift

genetic modification
genetic modification

artificial selection

Answer 1

The term used to describe this phenomenon is genetic drift. This occurs when a random event, like a disease, significantly reduces the population, leading to changes in the genetic composition of the population over generations, especially when only certain colors (black and grey in this case) remain.