EVOLUTION
DARWIN’S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Making lots of offspring.
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Producing many times in a short period of time
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Producing viable offspring, meaning they can reproduce themselves
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Reproductive success (RS) of individuals in a population is the production of independent offspring per breeding attempt or lifetime (LRS).
Detailed explanation-2: -Though asexual reproduction is faster and more energy efficient, sexual reproduction better promotes genetic diversity through new combinations of alleles during meiosis and fertilization. However, as Youreka Sciences explains, both of these types of reproduction can be beneficial to different organisms.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reproduction is the production of offspring. There are two main forms: sexual and asexual reproduction. In sexual reproduction, an organism combines the genetic information from each of its parents and is genetically unique. In asexual reproduction, one parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fitness is a measure of reproductive success (how many offspring an organism leaves in the next generation, relative to others in the group). Natural selection can act on traits determined by alternative alleles of a single gene, or on polygenic traits (traits determined by many genes).