How does natural selection act on an organism characteristics? A) By mutating the current set of observable characteristics. B) by allowing undesirable traits to be passed on to the offspring. C) by creating new set of observable characteristics that are desirable for the species. D) by selecting those traits that are beneficial to the survival of the species.

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Elaine Burton

16 January, 21:01

How does natural selection act on an organism characteristics? A) By mutating the current set of observable characteristics. B) by allowing undesirable traits to be passed on to the offspring. C) by creating new set of observable characteristics that are desirable for the species. D) by selecting those traits that are beneficial to the survival of the species.

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Sage Garza · Answer 1

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Natural selection imposes a selection pressure on a population of organisms. Assuming sufficient time was given such that mutations accumulated in the gene pool, organisms with favourable traits would survive to maturity and mate while organisms with unfavourable trait will have higher tendency to die before maturity.