A student is comparing the leg lengths of the rabbits in a population. She wonders if natural selection is occurring. She asks you to evaluate her conclusions. Select ALL that are NOT Supported by her data.
)
The rabbits with medium le
survive the others.
legs are the most stable and thus will out
A)
Medium length legs appears to be neither an advantage or disadvantage in
the current environment.
B)
The rabbits with longer legs have a selective advantage that allows them
to survive and t epro oduce.
C)
It is unlikely that evolution is occurring because none of the traits have
disappeared from the population.
D)
A predator is the likely source of natural selection in this population as the
rabbits with longer legs are more likely to escape compared with those
with the shorter legs
E)

A and D do not support her data.

Explanation:
A, if I’m reading it right, is trying to say that medium leg rabbits are the most stable and outlive the others which, as we can tell by the data, is not true because longer legged rabbits are the ones with the best population stability. D tries to suggest evolution isn’t taking place because other rabbit leg lengths still exist which doesn’t mean that evolution is not happening because as the other populations of rabbits fall, the stronger ones with longer legs live to reproduce and share their dna with their offspring, increasing the long leg gene population. B supports her data because the information is true to the numbers, the medium leg population stays pretty stagnant and doesn’t have must advantage to increase population like the long legs but it also isn’t at a disadvantage to where it’s losing numbers like the short legs. C holds true because you can tell that the rabbits have a better survival rate based on their numbers, which is likely due to their selective advantage of longer legs. E supports the data because it supports the fact that longer leg rabbits have a better shot of survival than those of shorter legs that fall victim to predators.