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‘‘Appearance of melanised moths post-industrialisation in England is aclassic example of evolution by natural selection.’’ Explain.

Pre- industrialization had more of white winged moth against dark winged moth


After industrialization, deposition of soot and smoke on tree bark making bark of trees dark which made the survival of white moth difficult (as they can be easily identified and preyed on)


So, dark moth increased in number through reproduction / natural selection



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