A Researcher Notices That in a Certain Moth Species,some Females

question 27

Multiple Choice

A researcher notices that in a certain moth species,some females prefer to feed and lay eggs on domesticated solanaceous plants like potatoes and tomatoes.Other females prefer to feed and lay eggs on wild solanaceous plants like Datura.Both male and female moths primarily use scent to find these plants from afar.Females tend to mate where they feed,and the researcher finds a genetic basis for scent preference in these moths.Based on the above information,what might be occurring in this moth species?

• A)divergence in sympatry
• B)divergence due to vicariance
• C)postzygotic isolation
• D)polyploidization
• E)There is not enough information to decide what is happening.

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Definitions:

Acquisition

The process of learning or developing a new skill, behavior, or ability.

Contiguity

The condition of being in close association or proximity, often used in psychology to describe the closeness in time or space between two stimuli.

Conditioning

An approach to modifying behavior by teaching a subject to connect a favorable behavior with a stimulus that was initially unrelated.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual decrease and eventual elimination of a conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.