Several Years of Heavy Precipitation Occur on the Galápagos Islands

question 8

Multiple Choice

Several years of heavy precipitation occur on the Galápagos Islands.What do you predict would happen to the beaks of Darwin's medium ground finches?

• A)Populations would crash.
• B)Disruptive selection on seed size would occur.
• C)Midparent beak size would decrease.
• D)Offspring beak depth would increase.

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