NEET 2022
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2022
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Organisms and Populations
NEET 2022 · Zoology · Organisms and Populations
If ' 8 ' Drosophila in a laboratory population of ' 80 ' died...
If '' Drosophila in a laboratory population of '' died during a week, the death rate in the population is ____ individuals per Drosophila per week.
Options
- A
- B
- Czero
- D
Correct answer
D.
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 (=\frac{8}{80}=0.1)