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4.1 Evolution and natural selection

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Question 29
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Scientists compare populations of mosquitoes from treated and untreated areas. Resistance is more common in treated areas. Which additional result would most strongly support an inherited basis for resistance?

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A

Adults collected from treated areas contain traces of the insecticide.

B

Adults collected from untreated areas encounter different environmental temperatures.

C

Offspring raised without insecticide retain differences in insecticide resistance.

D

Offspring raised without insecticide all develop identical levels of resistance.

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4.1 Evolution and natural selection Questions

  1. GCSE
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44 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Biology 4.1 Evolution and natural selection, covering 4.1.1 Work of Darwin and Wallace and 4.1.2 Resistant organisms and evolution. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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