Any Product of Natural Selection That Increases the Relative Fitness

question 26

Multiple Choice

Any product of natural selection that increases the relative fitness of an organism in its environment is called a(n) ____.

• A) neutral mutation
• B) adaptive trait
• C) founder effect
• D) speciation event
• E) polymorphic trait

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Definitions:

Diseconomies of Scale

The phenomenon where production costs increase as a firm's output expands, leading to inefficiencies.

Long-Run Average Total Cost

The average cost per unit of output when all factors of production, including capital, are variable in the long term.

Slope

In mathematics, the slope of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line.

Average Total Cost

Total production expenses per unit of output, calculated by dividing the production costs by the quantity produced.