Which of the following options best describes the difference between phyletic gradualism and punctuated equilibria with regard

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Which of the following options best describes the difference between phyletic gradualism and punctuated equilibria with regard to describing rates of evolutionary change Phyletic gradualism embraces small changes accumulating regularly over long periods of time while punctuated equilibria embraces more rapid changes in a brief period of time According to Darwin neither theory was controversial and was widely accepted by many researchers There is no difference between phyletic gradualism and punctuated equilibria Phyletic gradualism embraces new traits becoming established in a population by increasing their frequency from small to majority of the population whereas punctuated equilibria states that new traits are produced in a series of small incremental steps over thousands of generations

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