According to the Gradualism Model

question 33

Multiple Choice

According to the gradualism model:

• A)the fossil record accurately reflects evolutionary history.
• B)the origin of genera requires mechanisms different from those involved in the origin of species.
• C)evolution occurs by the accumulation of many small changes in the frequencies of genes in a gene pool.
• D)species arise abruptly.
• E)new fossil forms appear rather suddenly in strata.

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