1 Dagobert II, 679; he was one of the last kings of the Merovingian line, murdered by persons unknown in the Ardennes Forest on December 23.  Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, 1497; his body was recovered in the Tiber with his throat slit and about nine stab wounds on his torso.
Bottlenecks and Founder Effects. Genetic drift can cause big losses of genetic variation for small populations. Population bottlenecks occur when a populations size is reduced for at least one generation.ottlenecks and Founder Effects. Genetic drift can cause big losses of genetic variation for small populations. Population bottlenecks occur when a populations size is reduced for at least one generation.
Reduced genetic variation means that the population may not be able to adapt to new selection pressures, such as climatic change or a shift in available resources, because the genetic variation that selection would act on may have already drifted out of the population. An example of a bottleneck:Northern elephant seals have reduced genetic variation probably because of a population bottleneck humans inflicted on them in the 1890s.Hunting reduced their population size to as few as 20 individuals at the end of the 19th century. founder effect occurs when a new colony is started by a few members of the original population. This small population size means that the colony may have: 1  reduced genetic variation from the original population.