What will most likely happen to the population of moths in this habitat? The population of moths will eventually become extinct. The moths will evolve due to a selective pressure. The dark colored moths will experience disruptive selection. The alleles that determine light and dark color in moths will equalize.

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Jaelyn Sharp

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14 December, 10:46

What will most likely happen to the population of moths in this habitat? The population of moths will eventually become extinct. The moths will evolve due to a selective pressure. The dark colored moths will experience disruptive selection. The alleles that determine light and dark color in moths will equalize.

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Rogelio Mclaughlin · Answer 1

The answer on edgen. uit. y should be B - The moths will evolve due to a selective pressure.

Aileen Mcbride · Answer 2

The answer is; The moths will evolve due to selective pressure.

The allele for dark colored moths will be favored by natural selection over the allele for light-colored moths. This is because of the selective pressure of predation. Black moths are able to camouflage in their environment while light-colored moths stand out to their predators. More black moths are therefore able to pass down their genes than light-colored moths. Successive generation will, therefore, have more and more black moths.