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    A Biologist Doing a Long-Term Study on a Wild Spider
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A Biologist Doing a Long-Term Study on a Wild Spider

Question 3

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A biologist doing a long-term study on a wild spider population observes increased variation in silk thickness.She hypothesizes that the population is experiencing


A) directional selection.
B) stabilizing selection.
C) disruptive selection.
D) sexual selection.
E) genetic drift.

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