__________________ Selection Often Acts to Maintain Genetic Variation in Populations

question 37

Multiple Choice

__________________ selection often acts to maintain genetic variation in populations of prey species.

• A) stabilizing
• B) directional
• C) disruptive
• D) abnormal
• E) frequency-dependent

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