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Industrial melanism is an example of:

1. Natural selection
2. Mutation
3. Neo Lamarckism
4. Neo Darwinism

Correct answer: Natural selection

Solution

Industrial melanism shows how darker forms were favored in polluted environments because they were less visible to predators. This is a classic case of natural selection acting on existing variation in a population.

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