The bottleneck effect causes an increase in the genetic variety.

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Solution

The correct option is B False
The bottleneck effect is caused when a large population suddenly and drastically undergoes a reduction in size by some big event. The genetic variety will be very much reduced due to the bottleneck effect.

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List-I	List-II
(A) Founder effect	(I) Long necked giraffes
(B) Bottleneck effect	(II) Heterozygous for sickle cell anaemia
(C) Genetic load	(Ill) Pitcairn Island human population
(D) Directional selection	(IV) Polydactylic dwarf individuals
	(V) Sunflower population in california