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Changes in the environment can only cause new variations to appear.
Changes in the environment can only cause new variations to appear.
Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.
Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.
Changes in the environment cannot influence the fitness of an organism.
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 can act only on existing variations in a population.
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The most accurate response is:
Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population.
This statement reflects the concept that environmental changes can influence which traits are advantageous for survival and reproduction, but these traits (or variations) must already exist within the population for natural selection to act upon them.
