Undersea landslides can disrupt marine habitats by burying organisms that live on the ocean floor. The graph above shows the size of a population of a certain organism that lives on the ocean floor. The population was affected by a recent landslide at the time indicated on the graph. Which of the following best predicts how the population will be affected by the landslide?
- A The surviving organisms will evolve into a new species.
- B The reduced population will likely have allelic frequencies that are different from the initial population.
- C The population will adapt to deeper waters to avoid future landslides.
- D The reduced population will have a greater number of different genes than the initial population.
