In Formulating His Theory of Natural Selection, Darwin Did Not

question 54

Multiple Choice

In formulating his theory of natural selection, Darwin did not

• A) recognize the importance of biological variation within a population
• B) apply his knowledge of domesticated species to undomesticated ones
• C) appreciate the fact that population size is limited by availability of food
• D) wonder if he had enough supportive data
• E) claim that favorable variations would tend to be destroyed, unfavorable ones be preserved.

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Nodes

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Base-Rate Information

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Illusory Correlation

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