GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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Question
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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?
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natural selection
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overproduction
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competition
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variation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Evolutionary adaptation, or simply adaptation, is the adjustment of organisms to their environment in order to improve their chances at survival in that environment.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term for the process by which individuals that are better adapted to a particular environment, survive and reproduce successfully is called Natural selection.
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