The fact that individuals who possess favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than those who possess less favorable traits is the basis for which theory?

a. the fixity of species

b. the inheritance of acquired characteristics

c. catastrophism

d. uniformitarianism

e. natural selection

e. natural selection

Explanation:

The theory of natural selection was coined by Charles Darwin. It is based on the fitness of certain phenotypes to survive changing environments. The difference in phenotypes arises from mutations in the genome due to pressure from the environment [can refer to the cell, interacting cells, population or ecosystem]. These mutations are heritable and become phenotype traits that are common in a surviving population.