Claytonia virginica is a plant with flowers that vary from white, to pale pink,
The frequency of pink flowers will increase to near one over time, while the frequency of white flowers will decrease to near zero.
Explanation:
There are two forces acting as selective pressures.
Slugs prefer to eat pink-flowering over white-flowering plants โ selective pressure against the pink genotype โ plants with pink flowers suffer from severe herbivory and are more likely to die.Bees prefer to pollinate pink over white flowers โ selective pressure favoring the pink genotypes โ Plants with pink flowers produce more seeds than plants with white flowers.When the researcher removes all slugs from the study population, he/she eliminates the selective pressure against the pink genotype, leaving only the force acting in favor of the genotypes. So plants with pink flowers will produce more seeds that will originate more plants with pink flowers. As there is no predator over these plants, they will keep reproducing and growing pink flowers. Over time, the frequency of the pink genotype will increase, while the frequency of the white genotype will decrease.
potato skin. The โeyesโ in a potato can sprout and grow into new potato plants because of vegetative reproduction. Vegetative reproduction is a type of asexual reproduction in which stems, leaves, or roots attached to the parent plant produce new individuals
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