Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a population bottleneck?
A) A long-endangered species recovers and increases population size.
B) A large population of frogs is greatly reduced due to a drought.
C) Butterfly migration patterns are disrupted by climate change.
D) A beneficial mutation goes to fixation in a population.
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