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Question 21

Aphids (greenfly) are major crop pests. In recent decades, many populations of aphids have evolved to become resistant to pyrethroid insecticides.

With reference to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, explain how these populations of aphids have evolved to become resistant to pyrethroid insecticides.

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