Natural selection for a certain phenotype will affect the ________.
A)allele frequency of a population
B)allele frequency of an individual
C)genotype of an individual
D)genotype of a population

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Natural selection acts on populations, not individual organisms. It favors certain phenotypes, or physical and behavioral traits, over others, and as a result, the frequencies of the alleles that code for those traits will shift in the population over time. Therefore, natural selection affects the allele frequency of a population.

Natural Selection for a Certain Phenotype Will Affect the ________