As the trees in England become less sooty due to pollution controls on factories, which of the following should occur?
A)Fewer dark moths should survive.
B)Numbers of dark and light moths won't change due to stabilizing selection.
C)Genetic mutations will be reversed.
D)More light-gray moths should survive.
E)Fewer dark moths should survive, and more light-gray moths should survive.

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As pollution decreases, the environment becomes less sooty, favoring the survival of light-gray moths over dark moths due to better camouflage, leading to a shift in moth populations.

As the Trees in England Become Less Sooty Due to Pollution