You are studying a population of beetles that includes some red individuals and some yellow individuals. You

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You are studying a population of beetles that includes some red individuals and some yellow individuals. You know that color is a heritable trait in the population. By counting the number of red and yellow beetles over a period of 5 years, you notice that the proportion of red individuals is increasing over time while the proportion of yellow individuals is decreasing over time. How could you determine whether this is a result of natural selection?

Are there other potential explanations?

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Conceptual Integrated Science

ISBN: 9780321818508

2nd Edition

Authors: Paul G Hewitt, Suzanne A Lyons

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