Question

A population of snakes that eat small rodents enters a new habitat. In the new habitat, there are many species of rodents, and their populations are high because there are few natural predators. What will most likely be the effect on the genetic variation of the snake population?

Answer 1

• Food and habitat are main factors that affect the genetic variation.
• When there is decrease in predators and increase of food items, then there are more chances that there will be more genetic variation in a particular population.

In the given scenario, snakes move to a new habitat, that has more food (rodents) and fewer predators. Eventually, the genetic variation of snake population will increase.

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Answer 2

B is the answer, B is the answer