For Natural Selection to Generate Evolutionary Change in a Population

question 55

Multiple Choice

 For natural selection to generate evolutionary change in a population ____.

• A) there need not be any differences in the traits of individuals in that population
• B) the change in gene frequencies must help the species in the long run
• C) the differences must have a hereditary basis
• D) the change in gene frequencies will probably be harmful to the species

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