Question

A population of drosophila flies lives in a forest and has variation in their egg-laying behavior. The majority of the flies have the trait of laying eggs in the rotting bark of trees. A small percentage of the flies have the trait of laying eggs in bark that is dampened by sap. The drosophila population moves into a new forested area that is drier, where rotting bark is harder to find than sap. How will the population change over several generations

Answer 1

Answer:

It will contain a larger proportion of flies that lay eggs in sap because the trait results in a higher chance of reproducing successfully and passing on the gene

Explanation:

Over the years the population of flies that lays egg in the rotten bark will reduce this is because of the low chance of reproducing and there will be an increase in the population of flies that lays egg in the sap because the flies have a higher chance of reproducing successfully leading to an increase in the population and the ability of the gene to be passed on successfully to their offspring in next generation.