Do you believe that because insect beak length has changed in opposite directions in the Florida and the Texas populations that we have stronger evidence that natural selection was acting directly on beak length in these populations? Or is it equally likely that natural selection is only acting on a trait correlated with beak length in the Florida and Texas populations?

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Do you believe that because insect beak length has changed in opposite directions in the Florida and the Texas populations that we have stronger evidence that natural selection was acting directly on beak length in these populations? Or is it equally likely that natural selection is only acting on a trait correlated with beak length in the Florida and Texas populations?

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EVOLUTION 4e, Figure 3.3
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Transcribed Image Text:Beak Native- 9. Introduced Introduced Florida Texas Native 6. 8 10 12 Pod radius (mm) EVOLUTION 4e, Figure 3.3 © 2017 Sinauer Associates, Inc. Beak length (mm) CO
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