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What is the Bottleneck Effect? — Definition & Examples

By Sarah Morgan
The image shows two populations of ladybugs. The first is orange, red and orange, or only red. The second has one red and one red and orange ladybug.

A population of ladybugs experiences a bottleneck event. The image shows the frequency of orange and red codominant wing color alleles. Ladybugs that are completely red are often eaten by birds, but ladybugs with any orange coloration are left alone. What could happen to the new population of ladybugs over time?

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