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QUESTION 38 Florida panthers had declined to fewer than 100 individuals with a variety of health problems because of inbreeding. In 1995, 8 female panthers from Texas were imported to Florida and released in the wild. The population in Florida has since rebounded. What is the most likely explanation for this recovery? O Panthers from Texas replaced the ones from Florida when the latter went extinct. O Panthers from Texas outcompeted the ones from Florida. O The larger population with addition of individuals from Texas had less genetic drift. O The larger population with addition of individuals from Texas had more genetic drift. O The individuals from Texas brought new alleles that countered the effects of inbreeding. QUESTION 39 A phenotype which is an Evolutionarily Stable Strategy for a population prevents natural selection from acting on that trait in the population. O True O False QUESTION 40 To assess what kind of heterochronic changes have occurred in a lineage, one compares developmental patterns of the descendant to those of the ancestor. In that comparison O One must refer to fossils. O The ancestor is assumed to be part of the outgroup. O The ancestor is considered to have the plesiomorphic condition. O Gene duplication must be ruled out as an explanation. O Anagenesis must be ruled outed as an explanation.