In Each Local Environment, Living Organisms Have Evolved to Possess

question 43

Multiple Choice

In each local environment, living organisms have evolved to possess the traits necessary to survive and reproduce. This concept is called

• A) natural selection
• B) genetic drift
• C) the bottleneck effect
• D) microevolution
• E) antigenic shift

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