Industrial melanism is an example of:
Natural selection
Mutation
Neo Lamarckism
Neo Darwinism
Industrial Melanism -
It is the appearance of dark melanic forms of some organism like moths in the industrial region where soot emission from burning of coal has been heavy so as to color the background.
- wherein
Example of the moth that survived natural selection as it was black and escaped unnoticed by the birds.
Option 1)
Natural selection
This option is correct.
Option 2)
Mutation
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Option 3)
Neo Lamarckism
This option is incorrect.
Option 4)
Neo Darwinism
This option is incorrect.