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Geographical isolation led to the development of a set of new genes in a population of sea lions. These genes created a mutation in their jaws after twenty generations. Which mode of evolution does this mutation represent?

natural slection
macroevolution
microevolution

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it is macroevolution
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The correct answer to this question is this one: "macroevolution."
Geographical isolation led to the development of a set of new genes in a population of sea lions. These genes created a mutation in their jaws aftertwenty generations. The mode of evolution that does this mutation represent macroevolution.
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