Which of the following statements about natural selection is true?
A) Natural selection causes variations to arise within a population.
B) Natural selection leads to increased likelihood of survival for certain individuals based on variation.The variation must come from outside the population.
C) All individuals within a population have an equal likelihood of survival.Survival is based on chance.
D) Natural selection results in those individuals within a population who are best-adapted surviving and producing more offspring.
E) Natural selection leads to extinction.
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Q12: Which term refers to anatomical features that
Q13: Most mutations lead to a decreased chance
Q14: Jean Baptiste Lamarck developed a hypothesis that
Q15: Homologous organs
A)are the results of very different
Q17: Reproductive isolating mechanisms
A)occur within a species.
B)can prevent
Q18: On a molecular level, all organisms
A)show no
Q19: Darwin's ideas on evolution were based on
Q20: The majority of fossils are found in
A)sedimentary
Q21: Random changes in gene frequency that occur
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