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What does the shift in moth populations before and after industrialization illustrate?

Options

  1. AThe irrelevance of industrialization to evolution
  2. BThe impact of environmental changes on natural selection
  3. CThe permanent stability of moth populations
  4. DThe introduction of new species due to industrialization

Correct answer

B. The impact of environmental changes on natural selection

Step-by-step solution

Man has bred selected plants and animals for agriculture, horticulture, sport or security. Man has domesticated many. wild animals and crops. This intensive breeding programme has created breeds that differ from other breeds (e.g., dogs) but still are of the same group. It is argued that if within hundreds of years, man could create new breeds, could not nature have done the same over millions of years? Another interesting observation supporting evolution by natural selection comes from England. In a collection of

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