EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2008

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    "A brief reduction in size of a population due to natural calamities usually leads to random genetic drift." For this statement, identify the correct example from the following

    A)  human population of Pitcaim Island

    B)  polydactylic dwarfs in Amish population

    C)  long necked giraffe

    D)  industrial melanism

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                     The variations that occur by chance in a small population are collectively called randomgenetic drift. It is of two types, .i.e., founder effect and bottle neck effect. Bottle necks are natural calamities like earth quakes, floods, tsunamis   etc. e.g.,   poly dactylic   dwarf individuals are more in old order Amish population of Lankaster in USA.


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