CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Alternately, if the mutation has a positive affect on the fitness of the offspring, it is called an adaptation. Thus, all mutations that affect the fitness of future generations are agents of evolution. Mutations are essential to evolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Adaptive mutation states that rather than mutations and evolution being random, they are in response to specific stresses. In other words, the mutations that occur are more beneficial and specific to the given stress, instead of random and not a response to anything in particular.

Detailed explanation-3: -A mutation is a naturally occurring variation in the gene sequence. An example could include darker colored mice being born to lighter colored mice. An adaptation is a way an organism changes as it responds to changes in its environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Evolution is not the same as adaptation or natural selection. Natural selection is a mechanism, or cause, of evolution. Adaptations are physical or behavioral traits that make an organism better suited to its environment. Heritable variation comes from random mutations.