divergent evolution natural selection bottleneck effect selective breeding
I am hesitating between 4 options to answer the following question, which option should I choose?
Question: Repeated pesticide use on an insect population can result in some of the insects becoming resistant to that pesticide over time. Which process is responsible for the pesticides no longer being effective on the insects?
Possibilities:
- divergent evolution
- natural selection
- bottleneck effect
- selective breeding

natural selection