A rock-dwelling species of cichlids in Lake Malawi is divided into many separate popu-lations. Assuming this species originated with a large number of alleles at any given lo-cus, one would expect:

a. many alleles would be lost from the species.
b. most alleles would be retained in the species.
c. population allele frequencies would diverge.
d. B and C.
e. None of the above.


D

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