During a Drought on Daphne Major, Ground Finches with Thinner

Multiple Choice

During a drought on Daphne Major, ground finches with thinner beaks would have been at an advantage over the birds that lacked this trait. However, because beak depth was favored by natural selection, beak width also increased. This is an example of how selection on one character can cause other characters to change in a ________ direction.

A) positively correlated
B) fixated
C) maladaptive
D) plastic