Based on Blending Inheritance, Which Darwin and His Contemporaries Believed

question 11

Multiple Choice

Based on blending inheritance, which Darwin and his contemporaries believed, if a finch with a large beak depth mates with a finch with a small beak depth, then the offspring will have beaks with ________ depth.

• A) small
• B) medium
• C) large
• D) random

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