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What mechanism of evolution is called when steeping on bugs?
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Natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, mutation or, mating preference
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Genetic Drift
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Artificial selection
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Trampling on bugs would not be considered a mechanism of evolution. Evolution typically involves changes in inherited traits in a population over time, driven by natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, and mutation. Trampling on bugs would not directly cause changes in their genetic makeup or affect their ability to pass on their genes to future generations.
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Natural selection. Trampling on bugs would result in the direct elimination of individuals from a population which can impact their ability to survive and reproduce, thus affecting the frequency of certain traits within the population over time.
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Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution that refers to random changes in the frequency of alleles in a population due to chance events. When individuals are trampled on, it could potentially lead to a random loss of certain alleles in the affected population, thus causing genetic drift. However, genetic drift is more commonly associated with random events such as natural disasters, rather than intentional actions like trampling on bugs.