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#Question id: 4713


A farmer uses triazine herbicide to control pigweed in his field. For the first few years, the triazine works well and almost all the pigweed dies; but after several years, the farmer sees more and more pigweed. Which of these statements explains why the pigweed reappeared?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. The herbicide company lost its triazine formula and started selling poor-quality triazine.

  2. Natural selection caused the pigweed to mutate, creating a new triazine-resistant species.

  3. Triazine-resistant pigweed has less-efficient photosynthesis metabolism.

  4. Triazine-resistant weeds were more likely to survive and reproduce.

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