To directly test if multicellularity in yeast can evolve as a response to predation pressure, what kind of experiment should you conduct? Select one: a. Cultivate unicellular and multicellular yeast under the exact same conditions and compare their fitness. b. Cultivate unicellular yeast in the presence and absence of predators and compare the frequency of multicellular clusters in each treatment. c. Cultivate unicellular and multicellular yeast in the presence of predators and compare their growth rate. d. Add rotifers to pure cultures of unicellular and multicellular yeast and measure the change in light absorption between unicellular and multicellular cultures over 5 days.
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