Multiple Choice
Cheetahs exhibit significant inbreeding and loss of heterozygosity due to overhunting and loss of habitat experienced at some point in their evolutionary history. Which genetic mechanism occurs when a large population is substantially reduced at random, acting independently of natural selection?
A) founder effect
B) mutation
C) gene flow
D) Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
E) bottleneck effect
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