Biology · Evolution
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Darwin's Theory of Evolution by natural selection is based on all of the following postulates except?
- A
Some individuals are more successful in surviving and reproduction than others
- B
Individuals within a population are variable
- C
The survival and reproduction of individuals is not random
- D
The survival and reproduction of individuals is random
Darwin's theory of natural selection is based on the following observations: most characteristics are inherited, more offspring are produced than can survive and the offspring with more favorable characteristics will survive and produce more offspring than the other offspring who have less favorable traits. In short, observations of Darwin's natural theory of selection are 1. Production of more individuals. 2. Survival of the fittest. 3. The unequal ability of individuals to survive and reproduce.
Darwin's theory is based on the postulate that 'some individuals are more successful in surviving and reproducing than others. So, it will not be the right answer because we have to mark the wrong postulate of Darwin's theory.
Individuals within a population are variable, which is also a postulate of Darwin's theory. So it will also not be the right answer.
The survival and reproduction of individuals are not random is also the postulate of Darwin's theory. So, it will also not be the right answer because we have to mark the wrong postulate of Darwin's theory among the following postulates.
Darwin's theory of natural selection is based on the following observations: most characteristics are inherited, more offspring are produced than can survive and the offspring with more favorable characteristics will survive and produce more offspring than the other offspring who have less favorable traits. In short, observations of Darwin's natural theory of selection are 1. Production of more individuals. 2. Survival of the fittest. 3. The unequal ability of individuals to survive and reproduce.
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