GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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Question
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Several individuals in a population of green beetles acquire a mutation that makes them blue and toxic to their primary predatory bird species. What do you expect will happen to this population over time?
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The poisonous ones have no survival advantage, and the population will be a mix of green and blue individuals over time
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The poisonous ones have higher fitness, and stabilizing selection will lead to the population of beetles to be compared of mainly blue and toxic individuals over time
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The poisonous ones have higher fitness, and natural selection will lead to more blue and toxic individuals and fewer green beetles over time
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The poisonous ones have lower fitness, and natural selection will lead to the population of beetles to stay green
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Explanation:
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