In a population of yellow mushrooms, a mutation resulted in a new purple type of mushroom that herbivores avoided. Because herbivores avoided the purple mushrooms, they were able to spread more spores and increased to make up 1% of the population. In one year, however, flash flood killed all of the purple mushrooms in the population, leaving only a few yellow mushrooms alive. Identify which evolutionary mechanism was responsible for the fixation of the yellow mushroom genotype in this population. Select one: a. Mutation b. Genetic drift c. Non-random mating Ⓒd. Natural selection * Gene flow e.
In a population of yellow mushrooms, a mutation resulted in a new purple type of mushroom that herbivores avoided. Because herbivores avoided the purple mushrooms, they were able to spread more spores and increased to make up 1% of the population. In one year, however, flash flood killed all of the purple mushrooms in the population, leaving only a few yellow mushrooms alive. Identify which evolutionary mechanism was responsible for the fixation of the yellow mushroom genotype in this population. Select one: a. Mutation b. Genetic drift c. Non-random mating Ⓒd. Natural selection * Gene flow e.
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![In a population of yellow mushrooms, a mutation resulted in a new purple type of mushroom that herbivores avoided. Because herbivores avoided the purple
mushrooms, they were able to spread more spores and increased to make up 1% of the population. In one year, however, flash flood killed all of the purple
mushrooms in the population, leaving only a few yellow mushrooms alive.
Identify which evolutionary mechanism was responsible for the fixation of the yellow mushroom genotype in this population.
Select one:
a. Mutation
b. Genetic drift
c. Non-random mating
Ⓒd. Natural selection *
Gene flow
e.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F52fa896c-7a8b-41d9-9ac0-1c8d9320a331%2F7a3325aa-c08e-425d-b550-bcfd11e41287%2Fo5g4op_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:In a population of yellow mushrooms, a mutation resulted in a new purple type of mushroom that herbivores avoided. Because herbivores avoided the purple
mushrooms, they were able to spread more spores and increased to make up 1% of the population. In one year, however, flash flood killed all of the purple
mushrooms in the population, leaving only a few yellow mushrooms alive.
Identify which evolutionary mechanism was responsible for the fixation of the yellow mushroom genotype in this population.
Select one:
a. Mutation
b. Genetic drift
c. Non-random mating
Ⓒd. Natural selection *
Gene flow
e.
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