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6 February, 23:29

Why did mosquitoes develop resistance to DDT?

A. Because it was killing them so they had to do something!

B. The government reduced their use of DDT after the book Silent Spring and the mosquitoes used the time to develop defenses against DDT.

C. The ones which had a genetic variant that was tolerant of the DDT survived and reproduced.

D. The nuclear DNA mutated and some individual mosquitoes developed resistance.

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  1. 6 February, 23:59
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    C

    This is natural selection organisms with useful traits live on and are able to reproduce
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