Suppose You Are an Advisor to a Wildlife Agency That

question 27

Multiple Choice

Suppose you are an advisor to a wildlife agency that has asked you to evaluate a population of deer in which antler size has shrunk considerably in the course of about three generations.The animals mate more or less randomly and are not being targeted by hunters.Which effect best accounts for the change in antler size?

• A) Environmental effects
• B) Overdominance
• C) Heterosis
• D) Pleiotropy
• E) Epistasis

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