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, Checked) medium hindlimbs
B
medium hindlimbs
(Choice C) long hindlimbs
C
long hindlimbs
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The trait that was most likely to help lizards survive and reproduce after the environmental change was medium hindlimbs. This is supported by the data showing an increase in the percentage of individuals with medium hindlimbs after the environmental change, suggesting that this trait may have provided an advantage in the new environment.

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The trait that was most likely to help lizards survive and reproduce after the environmental change is medium hindlimbs.

A B OR C

B) medium hindlimbs