Problem
In a certain population of lizards, individuals can have either short, medium, or long hindlimbs.
At some point in time, the lizard population experienced a change in its environment. This change led to a shift in the number of individuals with different hindlimb lengths in the population.
The table below shows the percentage of lizards with short, medium, and long hindlimbs both before, and multiple years after, the environmental change.
Before environmental change After environmental change
Short hindlimbs
Medium hindlimbs
Long hindlimbs
Which trait was most likely to help lizards survive and reproduce after the environmental change?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) short hindlimbs
A
short hindlimbs
(Choice B) medium hindlimbs
B
medium hindlimbs
(Choice C) long hindlimbs
C
long hindlimbs