Question

According to Darwin, adaptive ability is :-

• A. Acquired
• B. Mutation
• C. Inherited
• D. Branching descent

Answer 1

The correct option is D Branching descent

Some individuals are better adapted to survive in new environment as the adaptive ability is transmitted to next generation as it has a genetic basis and is selected by nature. Branching descent and natural selection are the two basic points in Darwinian Theory of evolution.

So the correct answer is 'Branching descent'.