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Industrial melanism is an example of 
 

Option: 1

Defensive adaptation of skin against UV radiations 
 


Option: 2

Resistance from drugs 
 


Option: 3

Darkening of the skin due to pollution from industrial areas
 


Option: 4

The protective resemblance with the environment 
 


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As we have already discussed in the Mechanism of Evolution: Natural Selection & Its Types -

 

 

Industrial melanism is an example of directional/progressive selection. In this case, the environment selects for an extreme character in terms of the genotypic/ phenotypic constitution of a population. Hence, the correct option is (c).
 

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