A species that evolves to quickly will out distance its environment and go extinct. A species must change quickly in an environment to stay in essentially the same place. The queen in a red ant colony is favored because it has the highest fitness. A small valley in the tropics where the environment is very stable. Natural Selection, in the broad context of the Great Compromise as we discussed in class, always will reduce variation in a population.
Most mutations are harmful.
Most mutations are recessive. B. islands located in the same part of the world will have equivalent flora and fauna. C. islands that are the same age will have equivalent flora and fauna. D. islands will tall mountains will be more evolutionarily diverse than those without. E. tourists should spend an equivalent amount of time on each island when visiting Hawai'i.