What Role Do Recombination and Independent Assortment Play in Evolution

question 37

Multiple Choice

What role do recombination and independent assortment play in evolution?

• A) They work to limit the amount of variation in a population.
• B) They increase the frequencies of deleterious genes.
• C) They work to limit the number of potential phenotypes.
• D) They act to create genetic variability in a breeding population.
• E) They act to reduce the overall fitness of a breeding population.

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