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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genetic drift
genetic drift

natural selection
natural selection

artificial selection
artificial selection

genetic modification

Answer 1

The term used to describe this phenomenon is genetic drift. This occurs when a significant event (like a disease outbreak) drastically reduces the population size, leading to a loss of genetic diversity and the random alteration of allele frequencies in the remaining population.