population bottleneck

English

Noun

population bottleneck (plural population bottlenecks)

A sudden, and normally temporary decrease in a population typically due to a stressful situation.
Synonym: genetic bottleneck

Translations

population bottleneck

Danish: flaskehalseffekt c
German: genetischer Flaschenhals m
Swedish: flaskhalseffekt (sv) c

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