Which of the following best explains how natural selection works?
A) Organisms are variable and those traits that allow an individual to reproduce most successfully are selected for, and therefore passed along into the population.
B) Organisms are variable and compete against each other, and those that are the strongest are selected for and the population acquires their traits.
C) Survival of the fittest.
D) Organisms are variable and natural selection randomly selects for certain traits which are then passed along to the population.
E) Natural selection works by changing an individual traits so that they are best suited to their environment.
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