MCQ
Industrial melanism is an example of
  • A
    mutation
  • B
    Neo­-Lamarckism
  • C
    Neo­-Darwinism
  • natural selection.

Answer

Correct option: D.
natural selection.
d
(d) : Natural selection is the most widely accepted theory concerning the principal causal mechanism of evolutionary change profounded by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. It results from the differential reproduction (some members of a population produce abundant offspring, some only a few and still others none), one phenotype as compared with other phenotypes in the same population. This determines the relative share of different genotypes which individuals possess and propagate in a population. Industrial melanism supports evolution by natural selection. It is an adaptation where the moths living in the industrial areas developed melanin pigments to match their bodies to the tree trunks.

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