The Fitness of an Individual May Depend on All of the Following

question 14

Multiple Choice

The fitness of an individual may depend on all of the following factors except

• A)life span of the individual.
• B)climate change.
• C)offspring produced per mating.
• D)frequency of individual's phenotype in population.
• E)presence of many pleiotropic genes.

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, a central concept of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Traits

Enduring characteristics or qualities that define an individual’s behavior across various situations.

Survival

The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.

Genes

Basic units of heredity made up of DNA that determine the characteristics and traits inherited from parents to offspring.