A Study of Darwin's Finches After a Long Period of Drought

question 26

Multiple Choice

A study of Darwin's finches after a long period of drought found that all species of finch on one of the islands developed wide beaks in order to break open seeds.The type of evolution that leads to this phenotype distribution is

• A)directional selection.
• B)natural selection.
• C)disruptive selection.
• D)stabilizing selection.

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