Why do you think species remain in a stage of stasis?
a. a stable ecological niche leads to absence of selection pressure, which in turn causes species to remain unmodified or in stasis.
b. an unstable ecological niche leads to various selection pressures, which in turn causes the species to remain in a stage of stasis.
c. a stable ecological niche leads to various selection pressures, which in turn causes species to remain unmodified or in stasis.

Look at the following answer choices and determine which belongs in the both category. testable, can be disproven explains natural phenomena, has evidence to support it prediction, tentative, one or more scientists working together well established, many different scientists working independently, highly reliable

Which of the following scenarios is an example of the bottleneck effect? answers a in south africa, much of the afrikaner population is descended from a small number of dutch colonists. in this population, this is an unusually high frequency of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), an elastic tissue disorder. b four white-tailed deer are introduced to a park in finland. thirty years after their introduction scientists compare the genes in the population and find that there is no variation. c during the industrial revolution, london's air became filled with soot. as a result, birds started eating more of the lighter moths because they were easier to spot than their darker counterparts. over time, the moth population changed so that there were more darker moths than lighter ones. d 10% of the population of american alligators in an area have the recessive trait albinism. a massive flood results in the death of 80% of the population. of the remaining population, 60% have the recessive trait of albinism.

Which set of characteristics best describes sedimentary rock? a) largest type of rock, made of organic matter, hardest type of rock b) often contains layers, forms near sources of water, contains fossils c) least abundant type of rock, made of other rocks, made mostly of minerals d) most abundant type in earth's crust, made of magma/lava, contains no fossils