The Phenotypic Pattern That Shows How Different Traits of an Organism

question 9

Multiple Choice

The phenotypic pattern that shows how different traits of an organism, responding to different selection pressures, may evolve at different rates is called

• A) phenotypic variability.
• B) mosaic evolution.
• C) taxonomic evolution.
• D) hominin evolution.

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