An island is on the migration route of sea birds.This island also has abundant tree nesting birds that live on the island permanently and are not found on any other island.The tree nesting birds are more likely than the sea birds to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium because:
A)the sea bird population is larger.
B)there are fewer mutations in the sea birds.
C)mating is random in the tree nesting birds.
D)of high immigration in the sea bird population.

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High immigration in the sea bird population introduces new alleles and gene flow, disrupting Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, whereas the isolated tree nesting birds have less gene flow and are more likely to meet the equilibrium conditions.

An Island Is on the Migration Route of Sea Birds