A favorable adaptation that occurs due to natural selection should make an organism better able to survive in their environment. How does a favorable adaptation become part of a population?
A favorable adaptation that occurs due to natural selection should make an organism better able to survive in their environment. How does a favorable adaptation become part of a population?
Being able to survive, find a mate, and produce offspring that have the adaptation.
Being able to survive long enough to reach the adult stage.
Being able to escape from predators
Being among the strongest organisms in a population
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that have the adaptation, allowing them to outcompete others for resources and mates. This ultimately leads to the increased prevalence of the adaptation within the population through successive generations. Over time, individuals with the favorable adaptation will become more common in the population, as they are more likely to pass on their genes to their offspring. This process is known as natural selection, and it is the key mechanism by which favorable adaptations become fixed in a population over time.