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Likurg_2 [28]
3 years ago
5

Explain the term selective pressure as it relates to changes in populations

Biology
2 answers:
Eduardwww [97]3 years ago
5 0

Selection pressure are external agents which affect an organism ability to survive in a given environment, selection pressures can be negative ( decreases to occurrence of a trait) or positive ( increases the proportion of a trait)

Olegator [25]3 years ago
3 0

Selection pressures are external agents which affect an organism's ability to survive in a given environment. Selection pressures can be negative (decreases the occurrence of a trait) or positive (increases the proportion of a trait)

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