The Usage of the Insecticide DDT to Control Mosquitoes Resulted

question 32

Multiple Choice

The usage of the insecticide DDT to control mosquitoes resulted in

• A) directional selection to insecticide resistance in the insects.
• B) stabilizing selection to insecticide resistance in the insects.
• C) disruptive selection to insecticide resistance in the insects.
• D) genetic drift to insecticide resistance in the insects.
• E) no change in the insect population. Directional selection occurred in mosquitoes over years of exposure to DDT. Those individual mosquitoes that were resistant to insecticide survived and reproduced. Subsequent generations of mosquitoes showed resistance to DDT.

Understand the dynamic nature of price adjustment toward marginal cost in competitive markets.

Grasp the concept of economic profits and their impact on the market in the long run.

Comprehend the conditions for productive and allocative efficiency in competitive markets.

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