When individuals enter or leave a population, the gene frequencies change.Migration interferes with nonrandom mating.Deer mice are usually found in the woods and are dark brown in color. The deermice that live in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, however, have evolved a lightercoloring, the result of a change in one gene. How does this information illustratend 2natural selection? *choolSpeciation occurs when groups are geographically isolated.The population evolved when the gene frequency remained the same.Individuals, not populations, evolve.A variation helped individuals to survive in their environment and to pass on theirgenes to the next generation.

Deer mice is a genus of rodents, Peromyscus. They have large eyes and two-tone colored fur. The dark…

Deer mice are usually found in the woods and are dark brown in color. The deer mice that live in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, however, have evolved a lighter coloring, the result of a change in one gene. How does this information illustrate natural selection? * O Speciation occurs when groups are geographically isolated. The population evolved when the gene frequency remained the same. Individuals, not populations, evolve. A variation helped individuals to survive in their environment and to pass on their genes to the next generation.

Deer mice are usually found in the woods and are dark brown in color. The deer mice that live in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, however, have evolved a lighter coloring, the result of a change in one gene. How does this information illustrate natural selection? * O Speciation occurs when groups are geographically isolated. The population evolved when the gene frequency remained the same. Individuals, not populations, evolve. A variation helped individuals to survive in their environment and to pass on their genes to the next generation.

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Chapter53: Introduction To Ecology: Population Ecology

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