How did speciation in darwin's finches occur?
adaptive radiation
convergent evolution
interbreeding
random mating

Which of the following scenarios is an example of the bottleneck effect? answers a in south africa, much of the afrikaner population is descended from a small number of dutch colonists. in this population, this is an unusually high frequency of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), an elastic tissue disorder. b four white-tailed deer are introduced to a park in finland. thirty years after their introduction scientists compare the genes in the population and find that there is no variation. c during the industrial revolution, london's air became filled with soot. as a result, birds started eating more of the lighter moths because they were easier to spot than their darker counterparts. over time, the moth population changed so that there were more darker moths than lighter ones. d 10% of the population of american alligators in an area have the recessive trait albinism. a massive flood results in the death of 80% of the population. of the remaining population, 60% have the recessive trait of albinism.

Sarah and john are having a discussion on genetic diversity. sarah believes that it happen over a long period of time. john it happens immediately. who is correct? a. sarah is correct because genetic diversity occurs over a long period of time. b. john is correct because genetic diversity occurs immediately. c. both are correct because genetic variation can occur or long period of time. d. neither are correct because genetic diversity occurs over any period of time

Which statement describes how favorable traits in a population relate to natural selection? they are the only traits that ever exist in the population. they build in the population over time. they are rarely passed on to offspring. they are found only in a few individuals within the population.