Natural selection can operate on predator populations as well as on prey. Suppose that over time trees became covered in lichen and the proportion of light moths increased to nearly 100%. What is the most likely consequence for predator populations?

How does natural selection change thephenotypes within a population over time?

Which of the following statements is true? a. there are more chromosomes in an organism than there are genes. b. there are more genes in an organism that there are chemical bases. c. dna is made of sugar, phosphate, and carbon. d. genes are found in specific locations on a chromosome.

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.