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Scenario: In a population of spiders living on Arachnid Island, most of the spiders are gray; a few are brown. On nearby Spider Island, there is another population of the same species. There, most of the spiders are brown; a few are gray. The ocean between these islands is full of hungry fish, and the spiders don't swim, so there is very little movement of spiders between the islands.Initial makeup of each population:Arachnid Island: 90% gray, 10% brown Spider Island: 10% gray, 90% brownThen a bridge is built to connect the islands so that tourists can ride their bikes from one to the other. The bridge is also a nice environment for spiders, so they start to move back and forth between the islands.How do you predict the makeup of the populations will be changed if this movement continues for many generations? Answer the questions below to identify and describe this change in the population.1. Is this an example of mutation, selection, genetic drift, or gene flow?

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Due to the building of the bridge, now both spiders population are communicated and are able to cross, this will lead to the allele frecuency to vary, which is an example of genetic drift.

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