QUESTION 11
The entire species of North American right whales currently consists of less than 400 individuals. Through genetic testing, it has been determined that at some point in the
probably around the time they were first protected in the beginning of the
twentieth century, the population had only three reproducing females. All individuals that exist tod
hought to be descendants of those females. As a result, why is this species vulnerable?
OA increased hunting pressure
OB. habitat loss
C. low genetic variability
OD. deleterious genes