n a population of rabbits, half of the rabbits are brown and half are grey. Because male and female rabbits prefer to mate with only brown rabbits, eventually the population ends up with about 90% of the rabbits being brown. We can say that:   grey rabbits will go extinct soon. no evolution has occurred because the change in allele frequencies is due to mating preference. evolution by non-random mating (or sexual selection) has occurred. evolution by natural selection has occurred.

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In a population of rabbits, half of the rabbits are brown and half are grey. Because male and female rabbits prefer to mate with only brown rabbits, eventually the population ends up with about 90% of the rabbits being brown. We can say that:
 
grey rabbits will go extinct soon.
no evolution has occurred because the change in allele frequencies is due to mating preference.
evolution by non-random mating (or sexual selection) has occurred.
evolution by natural selection has occurred.
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