Scientists Have Hypothesized That the Reason European Men Have Darker

question 42

Multiple Choice

Scientists have hypothesized that the reason European men have darker skin color than European women is that more than 10,000 years ago, these men preferred to mate with lighter-skinned females. If this is true, skin color is an example of _____ in Europeans.

• A)gene flow
• B)a genetic bottleneck
• C)sexual selection
• D)recombination

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