Multiple Choice
All of the following factors can cause rapid evolutionary "jumps" except ________.
A) single alleles with major effects on life history
B) hybridization between species, producing a form that differs from both parents
C) stabilizing selection on homeotic genes
D) horizontal gene transfer between unrelated organisms
E) transposable genetic elements, or transposons
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