Sometimes a over-hunting can severely reduce the size of a population. For example, both California Sea Otters and Northern Elephant Seals were historically over exploited during the id to late 19th century in the northern Pacific. After protection from hunting those populations, and possessed a fraction of previous genetic diversity. The subsequent random assortment of survivors may have different allelic frequencies than what was previously present, most likely significantly reduced in genotypes This is referred to as:

Then try StudyFetch, the AI-powered platform that can answer your questions and teach you more about it!