Natural Selection Can Act on Both ________, Which Is the Probability

question 42

Multiple Choice

Natural selection can act on both ________, which is the probability of survival, and ________, which is the number of offspring produced.

• A) epistasis; epigenetics
• B) directional selection, frequency-dependent selection
• C) livelihood; income
• D) viability; fecundity

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