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You are studying three populations of birds. Population A has ten birds, of which one is brown (a recessive trait) and nine are red. Population B has 100 birds, of which ten are brown. Population C has 30 birds, and three of them are brown.
-Which population is most likely to be subject to the bottleneck effect?
A) population A
B) population B
C) population C
D) They are all equally likely.
E) It is impossible to tell from the information given.

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Population A, with only ten birds and a low genetic diversity (only one bird with a recessive trait), is most likely to be subject to the bottleneck effect because it has the smallest population size, indicating a higher risk of genetic drift and loss of genetic variation.

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