A New Predator Is Introduced to an Area That Can

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Multiple Choice

A new predator is introduced to an area that can feed on any millipedes shorter than 200 millimeters. No millipedes that live in that area are longer than 15 millimeters. What will happen?

• A)All millipedes will be potential prey.
• B)The millipedes will necessarily mutate to be longer.
• C)Millipedes will necessarily evolve to avoid the predator.
• D)Disruptive selection will favor 15-millimeter-long millipedes.
• E)Directional selection will favor predators that consume the smallest millipedes.

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