Fifty years ago, the entire species of the Galapagos Island tortoise Chelonoidis hoodensis consisted of only 12 females and two males. It was recently found that one male named Diego fathered 800 offspring, which now account for 40% of the entire species. This is a very happy story except for the following.
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A. The fitness of the species will likely suffer due to genetic drift.
B. The fitness of the species will likely suffer due to inbreeding.
C. The fitness of the species will likely suffer due to increased heterozygosity.
D. The fitness of the species will likely suffer due to increased homozygosity.
B. The fitness of the species will likely suffer due to inbreeding.
breeding among nearby relatives in less isolated populations may result in an immediate loss of fitness in their offspring, known as inbreeding depression.
A. The fitness of the species will likely suffer due to genetic drift.
As population is small Genetic drift may effect in the loss of some benefical alleles.
Fifty years ago, the entire species of the Galapagos Island tortoise Chelonoidis hoodensis consisted of only...