Consider a Population of Lizards Living on the Coast of Africa

question 9

Multiple Choice

Consider a population of lizards living on the coast of Africa. A storm creates piles of debris that the lizards use to raft to a faraway uninhabited island. Which evolutionary process is happening?

• A) mutation selection balance
• B) frequency-dependent selection
• C) the founder effect
• D) coalescence

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