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If ' 8 ' Drosophila in a laboratory population of ' 80 ' died during a week, the death rate in the population is ____ individuals per Drosophila per week.

Options

  1. A10
  2. B1 . 0
  3. Czero
  4. D0 . 1

Correct answer

D. 0 . 1

Step-by-step solution

Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Death rate in the population is (= 8 80 =0.1 )

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