If organisms with a useful trait in a group produce more offspring what will happen over time?
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Correct answer: That trait may become more common in the population
The governing concept is natural selection through differential reproductive success. If a heritable useful trait helps organisms survive or reproduce, individuals carrying it may leave more offspring. Those offspring can inherit the trait, increasing its frequency in the population over several generations. The change is not guaranteed to be immediate because environment, chance, and inheritance patterns also matter. Thus A is correct; B, C, and D do not follow from increased reproduction.
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That trait may become more common in the population
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The governing concept is natural selection through differential reproductive success. If a heritable useful trait helps organisms survive or reproduce, individuals carrying it may leave more offspring. Those offspring can inherit the trait, increasing its frequency in the population over several generations. The change is not guaranteed to be immediate because environment, chance, and inheritance patterns also matter. Thus A is correct; B, C, and D do not follow from increased reproduction.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Science question. Chapter: World of Living. Topic: Heredity and Evolution.
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