seedcracker finches from Cameroon, small- and large-billed birds specialize in cracking soft and hard seeds, respectively. If ng-term climatic change resulted in all seeds becoming hard, what type of selection would then operate on the finch population? disruptive selection stabilizing selection directional selection uld onorate because the nonulation is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

seedcracker finches from Cameroon, small- and large-billed birds specialize in cracking soft and hard seeds, respectively. If ng-term climatic change resulted in all seeds becoming hard, what type of selection would then operate on the finch population? disruptive selection stabilizing selection directional selection uld onorate because the nonulation is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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Chapter11: Evolution And Its Processes

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