Suppose there are two geographically isolated populations of

Suppose there are two geographically isolated populations of an insect species. Each population is large but one population has high levels of active transposons while the other population has low levels. Predict the potential fate of each population following a rapid increase in global temperatures. Assume that high temperatures are increasingly stressful to the organism. Explain your predictions.

Solution

Active transposons generate new insertions that bring about structural and functional impact on genes and genomes thereby creating new variability among the genes.Since high temperatures are increasingly stressful to the organism so the population with high level of active transposons will undergo rapid genetic variability and genomic evolution to face the stressed environmental conditions than the population with low level of active transposons.