Question

Dog breeds and other varieties of domesticated animals were developed through artificial selection. Over many generations, breeders selected which animals to mate in order to select for desired traits. The Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection Gizmo allows you to try your hand at breeding insects with a variety of colors. To begin, select the Artificial selection option.

Drag the 10 insects into the breeding alcoves on the left side of the Gizmo.
A. How many breeding pairs are there?
B. How many offspring are produced?

Answer 1

A. 5

B. 20

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 5 breeding pairs of insects are present whereas 20 offspring are produced from these breeding pairs. There are 10 insects into the breeding alcoves so each male breed with one female so pairs are formed that leads to the formation of 5 breeding pairs. Each pair of insect mates with each other produces 4 offspring each so the total number of offspring produced is 20 so that's why we can say that there are 5 breeding pairs of insects and 20 offspring are produced.