OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
EVOLUTION
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Question
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Natural selection acts on traits that are:
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new
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defected
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heritable
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better
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Natural selection needs some starting material, and that starting material is heritable variation. For natural selection to act on a feature, there must already be variation, and that variation must be able to be passed on to offspring.
Detailed explanation-2: -It can only act on heritable traits because organisms that are better suited to survival and reproduction will pass their genes onto the next generation. Only heritable traits, that can be passed on, have any affect on the next generation.
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