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question 3

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure.
This figure presents data from a laboratory experiment using the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and its lethal bacterial pathogen Serratia marcescens. Which of the following is not a reasonable inference from this figure?

• A) When the pathogen is present in the environment, selection favors the production of more genetically variable offspring.
• B) Selection for resistance to pathogens may counterbalance the cost of males in explaining why sexual reproduction is so widespread among organisms.
• C) There is genetically based variation in C. elegans populations for outcrossing frequency.
• D) In wild populations of C. elegans, outcrossing rates likely tend to be between around 70-90%.

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