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Which term best describes the difference in colors of the birds below?

4 birds are shown. One has light brown feathers with darker wings. One has very dark feathers with lighter wings. Another has medium brown feathers with light wings. The last one has medium brown feathers with very dark wings.
natural selection
reproductive maturity
genetic variation
genetic drift

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Genetic variation.

Explanation: the different feather colors among the birds represent variation in traits within the population. Natural selection and genetic drift are processes that can change those variations over time, and reproductive maturity is unrelated.