A Researcher Wants to Know If Gene Flow Is Contributing

question 16

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to know if gene flow is contributing to evolution of drought tolerance of pitcher plants in a specific bog. As a control, she should

• A) determine if the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
• B) transplant pitcher plants from other populations into the bog.
• C) estimate the frequency of alleles at relevant genes for drought tolerance.
• D) All of the above steps should be taken.
• E) None of these steps should be taken; gene flow does not contribute to evolution.

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