Which Statement About Natural Selection Is Most Correct

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which statement about natural selection is most correct?

• A)Adaptations beneficial in one habitat should generally be beneficial in all other habitats as well.
• B)Different species that occupy the same habitat will adapt to that habitat by undergoing the same genetic changes.
• C)Adaptations beneficial at one time should generally be beneficial during all other times as well.
• D)Well-adapted individuals leave more offspring, and thus contribute more to the next generation's gene pool, than do poorly adapted individuals.
• E)Natural selection is the sole means by which populations can evolve.

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