Based on Blending Inheritance, Which Darwin and His Contemporaries Believed

question 18

Multiple Choice

Based on blending inheritance, which Darwin and his contemporaries believed in, if a finch with a large beak depth mates with a finch with a small beak depth, then the offspring will have

• A) beaks with small depth.
• B) beaks with medium depth.
• C) beaks with large depth.
• D) beaks with random depth.

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