The Figure Below Illustrates the Proportion of a Particular Asexual

question 2

Multiple Choice

The figure below illustrates the proportion of a particular asexual snail clone in a population and the degree to which it was infected with a particular parasite.Which prediction of the Red Queen hypothesis do these results appear to reflect?

• A)A correlation between parasite load and sexual reproduction
• B)Oscillation in the relative frequency of asexual strains in the presence of parasites
• C)Emergent host defenses are synchronously tracked by parasite responses
• D)A general decline of asexual lineages in the presence of parasites

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