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A Population of Grasshoppers in the Kansas Prairie Has Two

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A population of grasshoppers in the Kansas prairie has two color phenotypes,green and brown.Typically the prairie receives adequate water to maintain healthy green grass.Assume a bird that eats grasshoppers moves into the prairie.How will this affect the natural selection of grasshoppers? How might this change in a drought year?


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