If Extrinsic Mortality Is High

question 27

Multiple Choice

If extrinsic mortality is high,

• A) selection will act more strongly against mutations that negatively affect organisms late in life than those that do so early in life.
• B) selection will act equally strongly on mutations that negatively affect organisms early in life and late in life.
• C) organisms are likely to age more rapidly than if extrinsic mortality were low.
• D) a and c
• E) b and c

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