3 Individuals in an insect population display variation in the shape of their mouthparts A...

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3 Individuals in an insect population display variation in the shape of their mouthparts A new food source replaces the previous one and insects with shorter mouthparts are more efficient at gathering nectar from the new flower Over multiple generations what will likely happen to the variation of mouth parts within the population a Variation in mouth parts will remain the same because variation is random b Shorter mouth parts will become more prevalent in the insect population although some variation will continue to exist c The change in food source will lead to more mutations d Because natural selection favors shorter mouth parts all individuals will have short mouth parts after multiple generations

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