In Your Backyard, You Step on a Dandelion and One

question 7

Multiple Choice

In your backyard, you step on a dandelion and one of its seeds gets trapped in the tread of your shoes. The next day, you go on a long hike in the wilderness wearing the same shoes. When you step in a mud puddle, the seed sticks in the mud. The seed grows into a dandelion, but no other dandelions are present to mate with it. This is an example of

• A)gene flow.
• B)genetic drift.
• C)natural selection.
• D)sexual selection.

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