What does natural selection act on?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Heritable phenotypic variation affecting fitness
- Step 1: Selection favours phenotypes with higher fitness. Step 2. Only heritable variation changes allele frequencies. Answer: heritable variation in phenotypes. Why not the others: acquired traits are not inherited.
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