Multiple Choice
The most likely reason that subpopulations often vary genetically from one another is that they
A) are subject to stabilizing selection.
B) are subject to different selective pressures.
C) experience a high rate of gene flow.
D) experience different rates of mutation.
E) experience Muller's ratchet.
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