NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When lions prey on a herd of antelope some antelopes are killed and some escape. Which part of Darwin’s concept of natural selection might be used to describe this situation?
A
acquired characteristics
B
reproductive isolation
C
survival of the fittest
D
descent with modification
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: its the survival of the fittest.

Detailed explanation-2: -When lions prey on a herd of antelopes, some antelopes are killed and some escape and live to reproduce. Which best describes this situation? Individuals pass along acquired characteristics to the next generation. Natural selection is a random process.

Detailed explanation-3: -Natural selection is the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change. Individuals in a population are naturally variable, meaning that they are all different in some ways. This variation means that some individuals have traits better suited to the environment than others.

Detailed explanation-4: -The three main principles of natural selection are variation, inheritance, and competition. These three principles are interrelated. Evolution occurs when these conditions are present in a population.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, organisms that possess heritable traits that enable them to better adapt to their environment compared with other members of their species will be more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass more of their genes on to the next generation.

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