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According to the article, the mortality rate for rabbits infected with the myxomatosis virus was 99 percent in 1950. However, "the innate resistance of rabbits to myxomatosis increased rapidly in the first few years after its release, and the rabbits with a genetic resistance to the disease became more common."

Explain this quotation in evolutionary terms. Given your understanding of natural selection and evolution, why should biologists have expected that resistance to the disease would increase?



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Final answer:

Rabbits developed resistance to myxomatosis virus through evolution and natural selection.


Explanation:

Resistance to the myxomatosis virus in rabbits increased due to evolutionary processes driven by natural selection. Rabbits with genetic resistance survived and reproduced more, passing on their resistant genes to offspring, thus increasing the frequency of resistance in the population over time.


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