A species of bird on the mainland can have gray, blue, or black plumage. A few gray and blue birds land on a ship and are carried past an island, which they land on and settle. The resulting population of birds is only gray or blue, as no alleles for black plumage came to the island. What is this an example of? A. Population bottleneck B. Hardy-Weingberg principle C. Genetic drift D. Founder effect

The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil brim one place to another is called

Determine if the following statement is true or false. if true, choose true. if false, choose the rewording that is true. according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for each gene are inherited together so that they always stay together. according to the law of independent assortment, offspring express a combination of their parents' traits. according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for a characteristic split during meiosis and combine during fertilization. true according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for each gene are inherited independently so that no two alleles stay together.

All individuals have two alleles for a given trait. according to mendel's these alleles are passed down one each from both mother and father.