Multiple Choice
When directional selection persists over time we expect
A) an eventual decrease in genetic variation within the population.
B) an initial response in the population to the new environmental pressure, and then a flattening out of the response after several generations.
C) the population to become adapted to the new environment.
D) all of the above.
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