![brazilmade1](/avatars/16218.jpg)
brazilmade1
03.02.2020 •
Biology
When they were first sold, aerosol insecticides were highly effective in killing flies and mosquitoes. now, several decades later, a much smaller proportion of these insects die when sprayed. the reason fewer insects die when they are sprayed is that
a. the original spraying has caused a permanent mutation, giving the insects genetic resistance to the spray.
b. mosquitoes are deliberately adapting themselves to this man-made change in the environment
c. mosquitoes that survive spraying develop an immunity to the insecticided.
c. many mosquitoes today are descendants of mosquitoes with insecticide-resistant characteristicse.
d. none of the listed responses is correct.
Solved
Show answers
More tips
- W Work and Career 10 Best Ways To Find A Job: Tips To Land Your Dream Job...
- L Leisure and Entertainment How to Choose a Program for Cutting Music?...
- A Auto and Moto How to choose the right drive for your BMW...
- L Leisure and Entertainment How to Choose the Perfect Gift for Men on February 23rd?...
- H Health and Medicine How to Treat Whooping Cough in Children?...
- H Health and Medicine Simple Ways to Lower Cholesterol in the Blood: Tips and Tricks...
- O Other How to Choose the Best Answer to Your Question on The Grand Question ?...
- L Leisure and Entertainment History of International Women s Day: When Did the Celebration of March 8th Begin?...
- S Style and Beauty Intimate Haircut: The Reasons, Popularity, and Risks...
- A Art and Culture When Will Eurovision 2011 Take Place?...
Answers on questions: Biology
- B Biology Jason and matt have developed a new computerized timer for recording race times. which of the following would be the best way to confirm the timer s accuracy? independent...
- B Biology Once meiosis occurs gametesare formed with a reduced number of chromosomes.the gametes are described as being...
- B Biology What is a good body conclusion for a barack obama essay...
- B Biology Is ash less dense or more dense than water?...
- B Biology What is cellular respiration? use complete sentences to explain how the mass of carbon is conserved during cellular respiration. do at least 3 sentences : ) thx...
- B Biology This is the question i need with select all that applies...
- B Biology The following statements refer to cyclins: i. cyclins protein levels are constant throughout the cell cycle, but activity varies with the phase of the cell cycle. ii....
- B Biology Pleas help help no please The human respiratory system intakes oxygen which is transported to all parts of the body by the circulatory system. Then, the circulatory...
- S Social Studies Why does the united states put pressure on the pakistani government?...
- E English How does the author’s discussion of schroder’s study contribute to the development of ideas about how children react to mistakes?...
Ответ:
a. The original spraying has caused a permanent mutation, giving the insects genetic resistance to the spray.
Explanation:
This is a practical evidences of mutation and variation, as mechanisms of evolution.
The insecticide is the selective pressure. As a results of continuous spray, the parents of the present mosquitoes must have acquired certain characteristics or traits by gene mutation which makes them resistant to the selective pressure (insecticides), and therefore survive the spray in the past.
Therefore when these resistant parents mated, with high reproductive success (leading to large gene pool of these traits,); variation in the genetic composition increases as the resistant gene is passed from generations to generations in the population. Therefore, the population of present day mosquito with genetic resistance to insecticides increases.They are therefore naturally selected, and able to survive as the present day mosquitoes with high resistance to insecticides.
Ответ: