Question 44

(Multiple Choice)

The next few questions refer to the following description.
On the Bahamian island of Andros,mosquitofish populations live in various,now-isolated,freshwater ponds that were once united.Currently,some predator-rich ponds have mosquitofish that can swim in short,fast bursts; other predator-poor ponds have mosquitofish that can swim continuously for a long time.When placed together in the same body of water,the two kinds of female mosquitofish exhibit exclusive breeding preferences.
-Which two of the following have operated to increase divergence between mosquitofish populations on Andros?
1)improved gene flow
2)bottleneck effect
3)sexual selection
4)founder effect
5)natural selection


A)1 and 3
B)2 and 3
C)2 and 4
D)3 and 4
E)3 and 5

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