Asked by rrcccr

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

mutations

gene flow

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Gene flow.

Bringing Texas panthers into the Florida population is migration of individuals (and their alleles) between populations, which increases genetic diversity. It’s not mutation (which creates new alleles), not genetic drift (random allele frequency change that is stronger in small populations), and not directly natural selection (which is differential survival/reproduction).