How Is Variation Maintained in Population

question 44

Multiple Choice

How is variation maintained in population?

• A) Heterozygotes serve as a reservoir of recessive alleles.
• B) Mutation generates new alleles.
• C) Recombination and independent assortment during gametogenesis creates variation.
• D) Gene flow brings in new alleles.
• E) All of the answer choices describe ways that variation is maintained within a population.

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