What relationship exists between changes in the environment and variations?(1 point)

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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.

Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.
Changes in the environment cannot change which traits are advantageous.

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 influence the fitness of an organism.
Changes in the environment cannot influence the fitness of an organism.
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The most accurate statement regarding the relationship between changes in the environment and variations is:

Changes in the environment can act only on existing variations in a population.

This statement reflects the concept of natural selection, where environmental changes favor certain traits that are already present in the population, leading to changes in the population's characteristics over time.