Natural selection works to improve the fitness of organisms by making them better adapted to their environment. What do scientists mean by fitness in this context?
A) Fitness refers to how strong an organism is relative to its neighbors.
B) Fitness means well-adapted to conditions.
C) The most fit organism is the one that survives.
D) The most fit organism passes the most genes to the next generation
E) Fitness means having the best genes or traits for conditions.
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