In What Way Are Natural Selection and Artificial Selection Similar

question 45

Multiple Choice

In what way are natural selection and artificial selection similar?

• A) Both result in increased frequency of beneficial traits.
• B) Both rely on human intervention to prevent deleterious mutations from increasing in frequency.
• C) Both have been occurring for the past 3.5 billion years.
• D) Neither are able to produce dramatic changes in traits.

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