In Order to Study the Effect of Natural Selection, Ideally

question 7

Multiple Choice

In order to study the effect of natural selection, ideally which of the following would not be acting on the allele frequencies of populations in the wild?

• A) gene flow from other populations
• B) random fluctuations due to genetic drift
• C) genetic mutations
• D) all of the above

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