The Variation in Gene Pools Among the 30 Pupfish Populations

question 22

Multiple Choice

The variation in gene pools among the 30 pupfish populations occurred through an evolutionary mechanism called

• A) the bottleneck effect.
• B) directional selection.
• C) random mating.
• D) Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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