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Birds migrate from their original habitat to new habitats to search for food and better climate. How is bird migration a kind of gene flow?

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Answer: During migration, birds may carry seeds or pollen from fruits and flowers in their other habitat. They deposit these seeds and pollen grains in their new habitat. If the seeds take to the new conditions, the new kinds of plants expand the area's gene pool.

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Gene Flow is an exchange of genes between two different populations. If birds migrate from their original habitat into another habitat that is inhabited by another population, they might breed and exchange genes.

For example, a population of short birds migrates into the habitat of a population of tall birds. This might result in the hatching of medium height birds.

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