Why is natural selection, as a scientific model, applied at the population level and NOT at the individual level?

Individuals cannot change inheritable traits.

Pressures apply only to groups of individuals and not to individuals themselves.

Significant traits are shared by all individuals in a population.

Mutations occur so rarely that they are detectable only at the population level.

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Sage Colon

12 April, 04:37

Why is natural selection, as a scientific model, applied at the population level and NOT at the individual level?

Individuals cannot change inheritable traits.

Pressures apply only to groups of individuals and not to individuals themselves.

Significant traits are shared by all individuals in a population.

Mutations occur so rarely that they are detectable only at the population level.

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Aubree Benson · Answer 1

Why is natural selection, as a scientific model, applied at the population level and NOT at the individual level?

Mutations occur so rarely that they are detectable only at the population level

Explanation:

Mutation entails the sudden change of a gene, it occurs rarely