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Suppose a fire burns through the beetles habitat, leaving the trees, soil, and some rocks
charred black for several years. Most of the beetles and their predators survive the fire and
continue to live in the habitat.
a. Identify which beetle phenotype or phenotypes will most likely be favored in the habitat
after the fire. Explain your answer.
b. Identify the type of natural selection (directional, stabilizing, or disruptive) that will most
likely act on the beetle population.
The type of natural selection you identified in part (b) will change the phenotype distribution
in the beetle population.
c. Using your knowledge of natural selection, explain how the change in phenotype
distribution will occur.

B.Identify the type of natural selection (directional, stabilizing, or disruptive) that will most likely act on the beetle population. The type of natural selection you identified in part (b) will change the phenotype distribution.

What do you mean by the term natural selection?

Natural selection is the process in which the species are adapted to their environment.

Natural selection leads to evolution when the people having certain characteristics posses the greater chance of survival than the others that are not adapted to the changes, these adapted characteristics are passed to the next generations.

Thus, this could be the answer.

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