Biology 5090 · O Level · Selection

Selection — practice question

Poachers hunt elephants for their tusks, because tusks provide ivory. In $1930$, at a National Park, $1\%$ of the elephants were born with no tusks. The absence of tusks was caused by a gene mutation. At present, in the same area, $15\%$ of the females and $9\%$ of the males are tuskless. Which statements could account for this rise in the number of tuskless elephants?

  • A1, 2 and 3
  • B1 and 2 only
  • C1 only
  • D2 and 3 only

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