Changes in the environment can only cause new variations to appear.
Changes in the environment cannot influence the fitness of an organism.
Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population.
Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.
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The correct statement is:
Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population.
This reflects the concept of natural selection, where environmental changes pressure organisms to survive based on their existing traits and variations.
