EVOLUTION
MODERN THEORY OF EVOLUTION
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The trees caused mutations in the insects that resulted in this protective coloration.
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Natural selection played a role in the development of this protective coloration.
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The insects needed camouflage so they chose to develop a protective coloration.
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The lack of mutations in the insects resulted in the protective coloration.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Four conditions are needed for natural selection to occur: reproduction, heredity, variation in fitness or organisms, variation in individual characters among members of the population. If they are met, natural selection automatically results.
Detailed explanation-2: -What statement is true regarding why natural selection can be easily seen in insects and bacteria? Bacteria have directly evolved from insect traits.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Selective Agent is the environmental factor acting on the population. The Selection Pressure is the effect of Natural Selection acting on the population.
Detailed explanation-4: -Can you identify the process by which natural selection acts on an insect population exposed to pesticides? 2. Selective PressureSome insects have a gene that makes them resistant to the pesticide. These insects survive.