Which one is not an artificial selection?
Which one is not an artificial selection?
The correct option is B Peppered moth
The peppered moth is a temperate species of night-flying moth. Peppered moth evolution is an example of population genetics and natural selection and not artificial selection. The evolution of the peppered moth over the last two hundred years has been very interesting one. At the start of this period, the vast majority of peppered moths had light colored wing patterns which effectively camouflaged them against the light-colored trees and lichens upon which they rested. However, due to widespread pollution during the industrial Revolution in England, many of the lichens died out, and the trees which peppered moths rested on became blackened by soot, causing most of the light-colored moths, to die off due to predation. At the same time, the dark-coloured, or melanic, moths, carbonaria, flourished because they could hide on the darkened trees. Since then, with improved environmental standards, light-colored peppered moths have again become common. Hence option B is correct.
The peppered moth is a temperate species of night-flying moth. Peppered moth evolution is an example of population genetics and natural selection and not artificial selection.
The evolution of the peppered moth over the last two hundred years has been very interesting one. At the start of this period, the vast majority of peppered moths had light colored wing patterns which effectively camouflaged them against the light-colored trees and lichens upon which they rested. However, due to widespread pollution during the industrial Revolution in England, many of the lichens died out, and the trees which peppered moths rested on became blackened by soot, causing most of the light-colored moths, to die off due to predation. At the same time, the dark-coloured, or melanic, moths, carbonaria, flourished because they could hide on the darkened trees. Since then, with improved environmental standards, light-colored peppered moths have again become common. Hence option B is correct.
