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#Question id: 4601


DDT was once considered a "silver bullet" that would permanently eradicate insect pests. Instead, DDT is largely useless against many insects. Which of these would have prevented this evolution of DDT resistance in insect pests?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. All habitats should have received applications of DDT at about the same time.

  2. The frequency of DDT application should have been higher.

  3. None of the insect pests would have genetic variations that resulted in DDT resistance.

  4. DDT application should have been continual.

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#Question id: 11716

#Section 2: Evolution

Macroecology addresses patterns of range size and population density. Which of the following statements is true?

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#Question id: 11765

#Section 2: Evolution

The population density of a particular insect species was determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer of 1998. Based on these population estimates, what is your estimate of λ, the annual rate of geometric growth?

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#Question id: 11766

#Section 2: Evolution

The population density of a particular insect species was determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer of 1998.

What would you expect the insect population to be in the summer of 2000, assuming no change in λ?

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#Question id: 11767

#Section 2: Evolution

If a population has a stable age distribution, which of the following statements is true?

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#Question id: 11768

#Section 2: Evolution

As documented by peter and rosemary grant, the population of the medium ground finch on the tiny island of Daphne major in the Galápagos archipelago responded how to changes in food resources associated with climate changes:

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#Question id: 11769

#Section 2: Evolution

Which term refers to the outward expression of an individual’s unique genetic constitution in their structure and function?