Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 8SQ
___ tends to keep populations of a species similar to one another.
- a. Genetic drift
- b. Gene flow
- c. Mutation
- d. Natural selection
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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