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Author Question: In seedcracker finches from Cameroon, small- and large-billed birds specialize i (Read 628 times)

Garrulous

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on: Jul 9, 2013
In seedcracker finches from Cameroon, small- and large-billed birds specialize in cracking soft and hard seeds, respectively. If long-term climatic change resulted in all seeds becoming hard, what type of selection would then operate on the finch population?
A) disruptive selection
B) directional selection
C) stabilizing selection
D) No selection would operate because the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2013
Hello

B is the answer.


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