A farmer uses triazine herbicide to control pigweed in his field. For the first few years, the triazine works well and almost all the pigweed dies; but after several years, the farmer sees more and more pigweed. Which of these explanations BEST describes this observation?
a. The herbicide company lost its formula and started selling poor-quality herbicide.
b. Natural selection caused pigweed to mutate, creating a new triazine-resistant species
c. Triazine-resistant pigweed is more efficient at photosynthesis.
d. More triazine-resistant individuals survived each year, soi more individuals were triazine-resistant.
e. Some individuals acquired triazine resistance during their lifetimes, and were able to pass it on to offspring
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