Question

QUESTION 1 Under the default settings (average rainfall of 1,000 mm/year and 3950 calories per offspring), what best explains the pattern of allele frequency fluctuation observed below? 1.00 Frequency of Allele A or Allele B Population Size 0 2 4 6 Generation 8 10 12 A. Adaptive radiation B. Directional Selection C. Genetic Drift D. A speciation occurred

Answer 1

Option C is correct that is, genetic drift.

Genetic drift is defined as fluctuation in frequency of existing gene variant in population due to random sampling of organism.