Question 19

(Multiple Choice)

In the accompanying figure of Jones and Reithel's work with snapdragons,what is the most likely outcome if these plants were in a natural setting? In the accompanying figure of Jones and Reithel's work with snapdragons,what is the most likely outcome if these plants were in a natural setting?   A) A 2% change is too small to be significant, so yellow and white flowers will remain in roughly equal percentages in future generations. B) Yellow and white flowers will oscillate in frequencies, depending on environmental conditions such as rainfall. C) Yellow flowers will continue to increase in frequency, as compared to white flowers, over time. D) Because the yellow trait is recessive, yellow flowers will ultimately take over the population.


A) A 2% change is too small to be significant, so yellow and white flowers will remain in roughly equal percentages in future generations.
B) Yellow and white flowers will oscillate in frequencies, depending on environmental conditions such as rainfall.
C) Yellow flowers will continue to increase in frequency, as compared to white flowers, over time.
D) Because the yellow trait is recessive, yellow flowers will ultimately take over the population.

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