population bottleneck

English

Noun

population bottleneck (plural population bottlenecks)

1. 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