A massive mudslide takes out half of the trees growing on a mountain side. The trees that are left happen to have slightly thicker branches than the original population. Which type of mechanism evolution is this

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A massive mudslide takes out half of the trees growing on a mountain side. The trees that are left happen to have slightly thicker branches than the original population. Which type of mechanism evolution is this

  • Natural Selection
  • Genetic drift
  • Gene Flow
  • Bottleneck Effect
  • Founder Effect
  • Sexual Selection
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