HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Scientists have inserted a gene into a population of ants. This gene gives the ants immunity to a common insecticide (a chemical that kills insects). Which of the statements below best explains the impact of inserting the gene for insecticide immunity into the ant population?
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The ant population will be more likely to survive a drought.
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The population of ants will be able to be sprayed with the insecticide and remain unaffected.
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The grasshoppers will learn to feed in areas where no insecticides are being used.
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The insects will use more energy to resist the insecticide which will cause a decline in their population.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -When a pesticide is sprayed on a field most of the insects are killed because they are sensitive to the pesticide. A few of the insects survive because they have variations which made them resistant against the pesticide, such that the pesticide has no effect on these insects. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -Organic insecticides. Synthetic insecticides. Inorganic insecticides. Miscellaneous compounds.
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