The California Populations of the Northern Elephant Seal Are Descendants

Multiple Choice

The California populations of the Northern elephant seal are descendants from a very small population of seals that was over-hunted in the 1890s.Heterozygosity in this population would be expected to be ________ due to _______________.

A) great; a bottleneck effect
B) slight; a bottleneck effect
C) great; assortive mating
D) great; disruptive selection