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Science Bowl Question

📅 NSB Regional 2016🎓 HS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Question 4❓ TOSS-UP📝 Multiple Choice

Which of the following provides the best example of a situation in which genetic drift would play a significant role within a population?

W) Non-random mating among plants with purple flowers leads to inbreeding and homozygous lethal conditions that prevent seed germination
X) In a large population of plants with purple flowers, one individual exhibits white flowers caused by a mutation
Y) In a small population of plants with purple flowers, three white-flowered individuals exist. A deer eats two of the three white flowered plants, thus removing them from the population
Z) In a small population of plants where some individuals have white and some have purple flowers, bees strongly prefer the purple flowers, thus more seeds are produced from the purple individuals.
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