Two frog populations (same species) living in two neighboring lakes sing slightly different courtship songs. increased irrigation makes the land between the two lakes wetter, allowing frogs to expand their ranges to the area between the lakes. females in both populations prefer loud frogs to quiet frogs, but do not distinguish between the two slightly different songs. assuming that courtship song differences have a genetic basis, predict what will likely happen to the songs of the two frog populations.

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Izabella Johnston

20 April, 19:00

Two frog populations (same species) living in two neighboring lakes sing slightly different courtship songs. increased irrigation makes the land between the two lakes wetter, allowing frogs to expand their ranges to the area between the lakes. females in both populations prefer loud frogs to quiet frogs, but do not distinguish between the two slightly different songs. assuming that courtship song differences have a genetic basis, predict what will likely happen to the songs of the two frog populations.

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Leilani White · Answer 1

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The songs will become more similar to each other.

The frogs have most likely sync their songs with each other, since the female cannot determine the range of the song of the male frog given the environment that they are living in.