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A group is experimenting with selection in an insect species due to exposure to a newly developed insecticide, cpd AW143. The group has found that after 10 generations of exposure, the population is now bimodal in its response to the drug. Close to 30% of the population are completely normal while 70% only live about 1⁄6 of the normal lifetime. This is an example of ________.

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1. A group is experimenting with selection in an insect species due to exposure to a newly developed insecticide, cpd AW143. The group has found that after 10 generations of exposure, the population is now bimodal in its response to the drug. Close to 30% of the population are completely normal while 70% only live about 1⁄6 of the normal lifetime. This is an example of ________.





 
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