Insecticides Are Used to Kill Insects

question 44

Multiple Choice

Insecticides are used to kill insects.However,insecticide-resistant insects are being found.What is the mechanism for this new insect trait?

• A) An insect with a random mutation is not killed by the insecticide and reproduces.
• B) Exposing insects to insecticides leads to mutations, which make the insects resistant.
• C) Human interference with natural processes leads to genetic drift, which results in resistant insects.
• D) Insecticides kill all the insects in a population, and a different species of resistant insects colonizes the available resources.

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