A Trait That Creates a Specific Advantage for Some Organisms

question 26

Multiple Choice

A trait that creates a specific advantage for some organisms in the struggle to survive ____.​

• A) ​enables individuals with the trait to leave more offspring than other members of the population leave
• B) ​results in greater genetic diversity in the offspring of those organisms that possess it than in those that do not possess the trait
• C) ​causes the ratio of male and female offspring produced to be equal
• D) ​results in offspring that are genetically different than the parents
• E) ​forces non-heritable traits to be passed from parent to offspring.

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