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Human Impact on the Environment — Cumulative exam

Question 33 • SC332 Environmental Science B

Which of the following examples can cause gene flow between populations?

Answer
A
an increase in predators to a population of zebra
B
a volcanic eruption that kills half of a population of mice
C
bird droppings that contain seeds from a different location
D
a person that sprays a toxin on a group of mosquitoes

Explanation

Gene flow happens when genes move between populations, usually because organisms or their reproductive material move to a new population and reproduce. Seeds carried in bird droppings can grow in a different location and introduce genes from the plant population they came from. The other examples change population size or survival but do not, by themselves, bring genes in from another population.

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