Flies from populations at fluctuating temperatures should have evolved the greatest capacity for acclimation.

a. true
b. false


Ans: a. true
(These populations experienced conditions that changed slowly and predictably, this favoring genotypes that develop the appropriate phenotype each generation.)

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