An individual travels from one geographic location to another and joins a different population of the same species, introducing a new allele for a characteristic that wasn’t there before that individual’s arrival. This is an example of _______.
a. gene flow
b. genetic drift
c. mutation
d. natural selection
a. gene flow
Gene flow is when individual travels from one geographic location to another and joins a different population of the same species, introducing a new allele for a characteristic that wasn’t there before that individual’s arrival. This can happen with certain plants and insects that can be carried to new geographic regions by wind.
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