The Neutral-Mutation Hypothesis Does NOT Suggest That

question 11

Multiple Choice

The neutral-mutation hypothesis does NOT suggest that:

• A) the evolution of most genetic variation in a population is influenced by genetic drift.
• B) when natural selection is at work on protein variants, it will lead to little variation in the population.
• C) most molecular variation is adaptively neutral-for example, most protein variants are functionally equivalent.
• D) natural selection is still an important evolutionary force.
• E) genetic variation in a population is maintained mainly by natural selection.

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