A Group of Field Mice Crosses a Highway and Joins

question 24

Multiple Choice

A group of field mice crosses a highway and joins a new population of field mice on the other side, producing offspring with this population. This is an example of

• A) gene flow.
• B) genetic drift.
• C) Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
• D) assortative mating.
• E) hybridization. Gene flow, also called gene migration, is the movement of alleles among populations by migration of breeding individuals.

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