Assuming the gardener continues to spray the herbicide for five years, do you think the weed

population will evolve?



a. Yes, there will be more individuals in the population with the herbicide-resistant allele.
b. No, there will be no change in the genetic composition of the population.
c. Yes, the population will have evolved because speciation will have occurred.
d. No, evolution cannot occur over such a short time period.


A

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