Dispersal agents, such as pollen-carrying wind or seed-carrying animals, are responsible for ____ in most plant

populations because they often introduce novel alleles into a population.



a. gene flow
b. genetic drift
c. mutations
d. nonrandom mating
e. natural selection


ANSWER: a

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