Test: High School Biology

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A species of bird has an allele for black feathers and an allele for blue feathers. Which of the following scenarios would violate the necessary conditions for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in a population of this species?

There is a large population of birds on an island

Predators do not discriminate between members of the species with different colored feathers

The population is isolated on an island, and new birds are unable to fly to the island

Birds with black feathers prefer to mate with birds that have similarly colored feathers

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