| Text | The bottleneck effect is caused by a severe reduction in population size (e.g. due to a natural disaster). By randomness alone, certain alleles may be overrepresented, underrepresented, or altogether eliminated among the survivors. This makes the effects of genetic drift more pronounced, and often reduces levels of genetic variation for long periods of time. |
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