Which of the Following Represents What Darwin Thought of Artificial

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents what Darwin thought of artificial selection?

• A)He reasoned that if characteristics that better enable organisms to adapt to specific environmental pressures exist, then artificial selection will tend to increase those in succeeding generations.
• B)He reasoned that if a person could select different characteristics when breeding organisms, then nature could do so as well.
• C)Humans were selecting the characteristics they wanted in the offspring by choosing parents with those traits.
• D)Humans were selecting the characteristics they wanted in the offspring by eliminating individuals that did not show these characteristics.

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