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34. "Natural selection decreases genetic variability in a population." This statement is:A) always true.B) never true.C) sometimes true, especially in cases of stabilizing selection.D) sometimes true, especially in cases of disruptive selection.E) sometimes true, especially in cases of frequency-dependent selection.
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