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The most likely reason for the development of resistance against pesticides in insects damaging a crop is   
1. Genetic recombination
2. directed mutations
3. Acquired heritable changes.
4. Random mutations 

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In genetic drift, the term “genetic bottleneck” means:

1. reduction in allele frequencies or richness
2. random change in allele frequency by chance alone
3. sudden increase in the number of individuals
4. reproductive isolation of the population
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De Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution while working on   
1. Oenothera lamarckiana
2. Drosophila melanogaster
3. Pisum sativum
4. Althea rosea 

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de Vries based his “Mutation Theory” on his observation on :
1. Pisumsativum
2. Drosophila melanogaster
3. Oenotheralamackiana
4. Coenorhabditiselegans

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