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13. A storm washed five female and five male tiger beetles from the mainland to a small island that had no previouspopulation of tiger beetles. In tiger beetles, having six spots (A) is dominant to having four spots (a). All ten beetleshad six spots; however, one male and one female were heterozygous for the four-spot trait. If six of the beetles diedwithout reproducing, the ratio of the genotypes could be quite different in subsequent generations. This is anexample of:A) diploidy.B) gene flow.C) genetic drift.D) disruptive selection.E) stabilizing selection.
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