'Genetic Adaptation' Can Be Said to Have Occurred Only When

question 67

Multiple Choice

'Genetic adaptation' can be said to have occurred only when:

• A) the forces of natural selection lead to increases, in the next generation, of the frequency of genes supporting advantageous manifest traits that already existed within the population.
• B) there are more individual members of a species than in the previous generation.
• C) individuals within a population have each adapted to environmental pressures.
• D) the environmental impact of one generation is greater than that of the previous generation.
• E) organisms clone themselves to reproduce.

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Definitions:

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