Some anglers (people who fish) have noted that the maximum size of many fish species, even in robust populations, tends to be decreasing. What is the most likely reason for this to occur. Question 9 options: genetic drift causing fish to be smaller natural selection resulting in smaller fish being favoured in the population adaptive radiation is allowing fish to occupy new niches poor environmental conditions currently exist for fish to grow to large sizes artificial selection resulting in smaller fish being favoured in the population

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Some anglers (people who fish) have noted that the maximum size of many fish species, even in robust populations, tends to be decreasing. What is the most likely reason for this to occur.

Question 9 options:

	genetic drift causing fish to be smaller
	natural selection resulting in smaller fish being favoured in the population
	adaptive radiation is allowing fish to occupy new niches
	poor environmental conditions currently exist for fish to grow to large sizes
	artificial selection resulting in smaller fish being favoured in the population

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