A trend toward the decrease in the size of plants on the slopes of mountains as

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Garrulous

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on: Jul 9, 2013

A trend toward the decrease in the size of plants on the slopes of mountains as altitudes increase is an example of
A) a cline.
B) a bottleneck.
C) relative fitness.
D) genetic drift.
E) geographic variation.

Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2013

Hello

A is the answer.

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