The Theory of Natural Selection States That

question 4

Multiple Choice

The theory of natural selection states that:

• A)individuals that live the longest are best adapted and selected for survival in the next generation.
• B)individuals that mutate in response to their environment will survive at the expense of those individuals who are genetically stable.
• C)only the largest and strongest individuals survive.
• D)the best-adapted individuals survive and reproduce, contributing the most genes to the next generation.

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