Select all that apply. Evolution is defined as 'a change in a population over time'. Which of the following are examples of evolution? Select all that apply.     Plants growing in the sun always grow taller than the same population's plants growing in the shade     Change in the proportion of individuals possessing a specific allele for a plant height gene from one generation to the next.     The average height of plants (a heritable trait) in a population changes over 200 years.     The offspring of a shade-grown plant what are planted in the sun grow larger than their parent plant     Random missense mutations happen in the plant height gene, leading to a decrease in the average plant height in the population.

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Select all that apply. Evolution is defined as 'a change in a population over time'. Which of the following are examples of evolution? Select all that apply.

   

Plants growing in the sun always grow taller than the same population's plants growing in the shade

   

Change in the proportion of individuals possessing a specific allele for a plant height gene from one generation to the next.

   

The average height of plants (a heritable trait) in a population changes over 200 years.

   

The offspring of a shade-grown plant what are planted in the sun grow larger than their parent plant

   

Random missense mutations happen in the plant height gene, leading to a decrease in the average plant height in the population.

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