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A beetle species that lives deep inside trees invades a forest where a population of woodpeckers lives. Only woodpeckers with longer beaks are able to reach these beetles and feed on them. The shorter-beaked woodpeckers are at a disadvantage over the longer-beaked ones.

Which type of pattern of natural selection of woodpeckers is most likely to occur in this scenario?

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Answer:

Mountain Pine Beetle.

They only attack in Douglas Fir Trees.

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