When dropping sterilized screwworm flies in a (mostly successful)attempt to eradicate them from the United States,scientists found that not all of the adult screwworm flies,often from different areas,were mating with each other.Each of the internally mating populations constituted a deme.

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This statement is true. The internally mating populations of screwworm flies that were found during the eradication program were called demes.

When Dropping Sterilized Screwworm Flies in a (Mostly Successful)attempt to Eradicate