When a farmer grows cotton containing the gene for Bt toxin, insects that are resistant (rr) survive and reproduce. This is an example of Select one:

a. natural selection.
b. dominance.
c. independent assortment.
d. recombination.
e. genetic drift.


a. natural selection.

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