A number of coyotes move into an area and begin to eat a population of small harvest mice. After several years, the harvest mice are much speedier runners than before the coyotes came. This is an example of which of the following

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Jared Bradford

6 February, 01:20

A number of coyotes move into an area and begin to eat a population of small harvest mice. After several years, the harvest mice are much speedier runners than before the coyotes came. This is an example of which of the following

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Collin Ochoa · Answer 1

It is an example of directional selection.

Explanation:

In population genetics, directional selection, or positive choice is a method of normal determination where an extraordinary phenotype is preferred over different phenotype, making the allele recurrence move after some time toward that phenotype.

Directional selection in Biology is a mode of natural selection in which a single phenotype is favored, causing the allele frequency to continuously shift in one direction.