Which of the following situations leads to microevolution?
A) An individual bird has a beak of a particular size that grows larger during a drought.
B) Mutations in muscle cells are transferred to the next generation.
C) Alleles move between populations that differ in allele frequencies.
D) All individuals within a population have the same allele at a particular locus.

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Microevolution refers to changes in the gene pool of a population over time, which can be caused by mechanisms such as gene flow. Gene flow occurs when individuals migrate between populations with different allele frequencies, leading to changes in allele frequencies within a population, as described in option C.

Which of the Following Situations Leads to Microevolution