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What is the biological significance of genetic diversity between populations?

A) Diseases and parasites are not spread between separated populations.
B) Genes for adaptive traits to local conditions make microevolution possible.
C) The population that is most fit would survive by competitive exclusion.
D) Isolated populations become more fit.
E) Genetic diversity allows for species stability by preventing speciation.
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12 years ago
Should be B.

This genetic diversity BETWEEN populations allows for divergent evolution, which given enough time and isolation, allows speciation to occur where the populations are distinct enough they will not reproduce successfully in nature.
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