When Adding Sterilized Screw-Worm Flies to Populations in an Attempt

question 10

Multiple Choice

When adding sterilized screw-worm flies to populations in an attempt to eradicate them from the United States,scientists found that not all of the adult screw-worm flies,often from different areas,were mating with each other.Each of the internally mating populations constituted a

• A)lineage.
• B)limiting resource.
• C)clone.
• D)deme.
• E)cohort.

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