Mosquitoes in tropical regions can carry and transmit the malaria parasite to humans. The mosquitoes used to be killed in these regions by spraying them with the insecticide DDT. The mosquitoes that were earlier sensitive to DDT are now not killed by DDT and grow and multiply even in the presence of DDT. How can you explain this phenomenon?

A) all of the mosquitoes must've undergone a mutation for DDT resistant offspring, which evolved into a DDT resistant population

B) Some of the mosquitoes must've undergone for DDT resistance and produced similar kind of restraint offspring, which would've been selected by nature

C) All of the mosquitoes must've slowly increased their tolerance level to DDT and ultimately would have become completely resistant to DDT

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Charity Gilmore

25 February, 12:40

Mosquitoes in tropical regions can carry and transmit the malaria parasite to humans. The mosquitoes used to be killed in these regions by spraying them with the insecticide DDT. The mosquitoes that were earlier sensitive to DDT are now not killed by DDT and grow and multiply even in the presence of DDT. How can you explain this phenomenon?

A) all of the mosquitoes must've undergone a mutation for DDT resistant offspring, which evolved into a DDT resistant population

B) Some of the mosquitoes must've undergone for DDT resistance and produced similar kind of restraint offspring, which would've been selected by nature

C) All of the mosquitoes must've slowly increased their tolerance level to DDT and ultimately would have become completely resistant to DDT

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Kailey Bautista · Answer 1

Mosquitoes are a vector that transmits various forms of malaria. The fact that DDT was used to eliminate mosquitoes was ridiculous to begin with because it was hazardous to humans as well. The fact that some of the mosquitoes were genetically able to build resistance to the DDT would have resulted in mutations that could have been passed on to offspring. Following this, mosquitoes that have the resistance towards the DDT would have bred and eventually this would spread enough so that mosquitoes would become almost completely resistant to DDT, as the ones that are not would just die off.