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Evolutionary biologists theorize that the cheetah population experienced a genetic bottleneck, which involved a reduction in the gene pool. As a result, cheetahs have very little genetic variation, leading to an increased expression of deleterious recessive alleles. This in turn leads to a decrease in the fitness in the entire population, a phenomenon known as _____.a. genotypic frequencyb. genetic rescuec. selfingd. inbreeding depression
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