EVOLUTION
EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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More offspring are produced than can possibly survive.
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The organisms that are the fittest are always largest and strongest.
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The number of offspring is not related to fitness.
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Acquired characteristics that are inherited are the cause of evolution.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement is best supported by the theory of evolution? Populations that have advantageous characteristics will increase in number.
Detailed explanation-2: -It imparts the reproductive advantage to certain organisms which account for major part of the gene pool of the species. Thus, natural selection favors the individual with survival and/or reproductive advantage over others under existing environmental condition (E). Thus, the correct answer is option C.
Detailed explanation-3: -survival of the fittest, term made famous in the fifth edition (published in 1869) of On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin, which suggested that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing.