If ' 8 ' Drosophila in a laboratory population of ' 80 ' died during a week, the death rate in the…
If '' Drosophila in a laboratory population of '' died during a week, the death rate in the population is ____ individuals per Drosophila per week.
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Solution
Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.
Death rate in the population is \(=\frac{8}{80}=0.1\)