The Three Sources of Variation in a Population That Natural

question 9

Multiple Choice

The three sources of variation in a population that natural selection can work on are:

• A) Mixing together of parental genes, recombination and gene mutations
• B) Modifier genes, recombination and gene mutations
• C) Mixing together of parental genes, modifier genes and recombination
• D) Gene mutations, mixing together of parental genes and linkage

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