Figuer: -Given the Data of Pollinator Responses to the Hybrid Colors

question 81

Multiple Choice

Figuer:
-Given the data of pollinator responses to the hybrid colors of monkeyflowers,which of the following is the most likely result,if researchers accidentally allowed M.cardinalis hybrids (or real mutants of the YUP gene) to be transplanted in the wild,in the same areas as M.lewisii and M.cardinalis are found.

• A) Conservation biologists would see no changes in the M. cardinalis or M. lewisii natural populations.
• B) Wild bumblebees may pollinate the hybrids (or mutants) M. cardinalis nearly as much as they do M. lewisii.
• C) All of these answer options are as likely as the next, affecting the sympatric populations of Mimulus species.
• D) Hummingbirds would begin selecting more often for pollination of the hybrid (or mutant) colored M. cardinalis.
• E) Wild hummingbirds may be out-competed for the successful pollination of the M. cardinalis hybrids (or mutants).

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