Problem: Generation-to-generation change in the allele frequencies in a population is ________ . a) mutation b) natural selection  c) microevolution d) genetic drift e) macroevolution

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Macroevolution: large-scale evolutionary changes in allele frequency transcending the species level

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Generation-to-generation change in the allele frequencies in a population is ________ . 

a) mutation 

b) natural selection  

c) microevolution 

d) genetic drift 

e) macroevolution

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