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Bedbugs were nearly eradicated with insecticides in the early 1960s, but their numbers are increasing now. Modern bedbugs have a thicker, waxy exoskeleton and resistance to common insecticides. How did these changes most likely happen in bedbugs?.

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Offspring that benefited by inheriting several mutations out-competed the offspring lacking the mutations. So, the population changed.

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Answer:

Offspring that benefited by inheriting several mutations out-competed the offspring lacking the mutations.So, the population changed and they grew the mutations to protect themselves

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