Which of the Following Statements Best Characterizes Natural Selection

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best characterizes natural selection?

• A) Natural selection is the mechanism by which predetermined adaptations are passed to offspring from parents.
• B) Natural selection is the differential survivorship and reproduction of organisms that have favorable adaptations.
• C) The natural environment is not involved with the process of natural selection; the heritability of traits is what drives evolution..
• D) For natural selection to occur, mutations have to be embedded in the genome.

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