NEETZoologyOrganisms and Populations
Which of the following does the death rate calculation for fruit flies take into account?
Options
- ANumber of births
- BNumber of deaths and total population
- CNumber of new individuals added
- DGenetic variation within the population
Correct answer
B. Number of deaths and total population
Step-by-step solution
A population has certain attributes whereas an individual organism does not. An individual may have births and deaths, but a population has birth rates and death rates. In a population these rates refer to per capita births and deaths. The rates, hence, expressed are change in numbers (increase or decrease) with respect to members of the population . Here is an example. If in a pond there were 20 lotus plants last year and through reproduction 8 new plants are added, taking the current population to 28, we calculat