Selection Pressures Acting on a Population May Favor

question 39

Multiple Choice

Selection pressures acting on a population may favor

• A) individuals at the left end of the range of variation.
• B) individuals at the right end of the range.
• C) extreme individuals at both ends of the range.
• D) the intermediate individuals within the range.
• E) all of these.

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