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8. If you measured the shell thickness of all offspring from one snail paior before crabs ate any offspring, how would the average shell thickness of the offspring compare to that of the parents?

a. Offspring shells would be thinner, on average, than the parents’ shells.

b. Offspring shells would be the same thickness, on average, as the parents’ shells.

c. Offspring shells would be mutated toward thicker shells compared to the parents’ shells.

d. Only parents with thick shells will produce offspring, so offspring will have thicker shells on average than their parents.

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