A scientist bred fruit flies in two separate containers with different food sources for many generations. When she put the fruit flies from the two containers together again, she observed that the flies preferred mates raised on the same food. Which conclusion can the scientist draw?

A. Fruit flies mate randomly regardless of how they were bred.

B. Fruit flies can adapt to eating different food sources.

C. Fruit flies prefer the container where they were bred.

D. Fruit flies prefer mates adapted to the same food source.

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Makai Reynolds

12 February, 02:05

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Jakob Schwartz · Answer 1

D. Fruit flies prefer mates adapted to the same food source.