Imagine that a population of deer living on an island without any predators was threatened with overpopulation, until wolves were imported

After a couple of years, there were fewer deer, but their average running speed and the length of their legs had increased. What process accounts for the change?
A) Natural selection
B) Changes due to chance alone
C) Inheritance of acquired characteristics
D) Genetic impossibility
E) Unfavorable mutations


A

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