During nesting season, each female loggerhead sea turtle will lay several clutches of eggs, each one being around 100 eggs. On average, one out of 1000 eggs will survive to adulthood. This is an example of what biological process?

Asexual reproduction

Evolution

Inherited variation

Overproduction

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Jagger Robbins

20 December, 04:57

During nesting season, each female loggerhead sea turtle will lay several clutches of eggs, each one being around 100 eggs. On average, one out of 1000 eggs will survive to adulthood. This is an example of what biological process?

Asexual reproduction

Evolution

Inherited variation

Overproduction

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Anya Walton · Answer 1

Answer: overproduction

Each female loggerhead sea turtle will lay several clutches of eggs during nesting season. On the average, however, only one out of 1000 eggs will survive to adulthood to reproduce fertile offspring. This is an example of overproduction.

Only the best-adapted loggerhead sea turtles will survive and reproduce fertile offspring.

During nesting season, each female loggerhead sea turtle will lay several clutches of eggs, each one being around 100 eggs. On average, one out of 1000 eggs will survive to adulthood. This is an example of what biological process?Asexual reproductionEvolutionInherited variationOverproduction