Asked by harlem

Habitat isolation and overhunting has reduced the Florida Panther to dangerously low numbers. This low number of individuals in the population may lead to low genetic diversity and inbreeding in the population. Over time, the population will get smaller, eventually going extinct. Scientists want to bring in panthers from Texas to breed with the Florida Panthers, which will increase genetic diversity. which mechanisms of evolution does this action display?

natural selection

genetic drift

gene flow

mutations

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Gene flow.

Bringing Texas panthers into the Florida population is migration that mixes alleles between populations, increasing genetic diversity and reducing inbreeding. It is not genetic drift (random changes in small populations), natural selection (differential survival/reproduction), or mutations (new alleles arising).