(a)What is organic evolution (b)Briefly explain how the peppered moth (Biston betularia) shows natural selection (c)Distinguish between convergent and divergent evolution ...

      

(a)What is organic evolution
(b)Briefly explain how the peppered moth (Biston betularia) shows natural selection
(c)Distinguish between convergent and divergent evolution

  

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a)Gradual change in organism from simple to complex life form over long period of time.

b)Industrial areas have dark sooty tree trunks, in rural areas the trunks are covered with lichens. The dark melanin forms camouflage on the dark tree trunk. The white were predated upon the dark survive to reproductive maturity and produced more moths

c)Convergent-the organism has different embryonic origin yet modified to exploit the same habitat. While divergent evolution organism claim the same embryonic origin yet modified to exploit different ecological niche
Githiari answered the question on September 13, 2017 at 20:05


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