Now that you have a better understanding of natural selection, write Alex Young an argument for the claim you think is best supported about the mystery of the rough-skinned newts. Be sure to use some of the vocabulary words you have learned so far: \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline adaptive trait & distribution & environment \\ \hline gene & generation & natural selection \\ \hline non-adaptive trait & population & proteln molecule \\ \hline trait & variation & \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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