Question

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
As a mechanism of microevolution, natural selection can be most closely equated with

• A. assortative mating
• B. genetic drift
• C. differential reproductive success
• D. gene flow

Answer 1

The correct option is C differential reproductive success

Microevolution is the change in allele frequencies that occurs over time within a population. This change is due to four different processes: mutation, selection (natural and artificial), gene flow and genetic drift. As the natural selection a process in which organisms with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than are individuals with other traits. So natural selection is a differential reproductive success as it acquires useful

traits.

So, the correct answer is differential reproductive success.