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Before the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, most peppered moths found in and around Manchester, England, exhibited light-colored wings speckled with black. After the Industrial Revolution, peppered moths with dark wings became predominant in the area.
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Which term best describes the change from more light-colored moths to more dark-colored moths?
competition
evolution
acquired
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evolution
This is an example of evolution by natural selection (industrial melanism): soot-darkened trees made dark-winged moths less visible to predators, so dark moths survived and reproduced more, changing the population's allele frequencies. "Acquired" is wrong (individuals didn't acquire the trait during life) and "competition" describes an interaction, not the population change.
This is an example of evolution by natural selection (industrial melanism): soot-darkened trees made dark-winged moths less visible to predators, so dark moths survived and reproduced more, changing the population's allele frequencies. "Acquired" is wrong (individuals didn't acquire the trait during life) and "competition" describes an interaction, not the population change.
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