Question

Assume that conditions in Paxton Lake, including the availability of benthos and zooplankton and the number and type of predators in the benthic and limnetic zones, remain unchanged. If you returned to Paxton Lake in a thou- sand years and collected data about the mating choices of benthic and limnetic sticklebacks and the proportions of benthic, limnetic, and hybrid sticklebacks in the lake, what would you expect to find

Answer 1

Answer:

The sticklebacks will remain a single species

Explanation:

When species leave in an area with favorable conditions, it feeds and reproduces freely, and when these conditions (availability of food, predator population) remain unchanged for a long period of time, the specie's physiology and habits would also remain unchanged (there would be no speciation).