How Is Variation Maintained

question 47

Multiple Choice

How is variation maintained?

• A) There is blending during sexual reproduction.
• B) Mutations are deleterious.
• C) New variation is slowly added by mutation.
• D) The genetic composition of offspring is a replica of their parents.

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