Of the Following, Which Evolutionary Process Has the Greatest Chance

question 42

Multiple Choice

Of the following, which evolutionary process has the greatest chance of reducing genetic variation in a population across the greatest number of genes at once?

• A) selection for a trait related to feeding
• B) the sudden merging of two large populations that had been kept separate for several generations
• C) selection for a trait related to reproduction
• D) genetic drift in small populations

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