Microevolution is ____

a. the appearance of a life form adapted to a new adaptive zone
b. the formation of a new species
c. the occurrence of a new mutation
d. a change in allele frequencies within a population
e. the gradual change in the form of fossils over geological time


ANSWER: d

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