Suppose that the only remaining population of a certain reptile species lives on an African mountain and that there is no migration out of this large but isolated population

Which of the following describes the most likely future of this reptile population?
A) The population will survive only as long as the environment remains constant.
B) The bottleneck effect will cause major evolutionary changes in the isolated population.
C) Evolution will continue because of mutations, assortative mating, and genetic drift.
D) Evolution will promptly cease.
E) The population will go extinct after a few generations because of inbreeding.


C

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