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Evolution by Natural Selection

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Individuals with better traits for the new environment have more offspring. The given statement can be related to which of the following phenomena?

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Noe-Lamarckism

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Gene drift

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Natural selection

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A Natural selection
The theory of natural selection was given by Darwin. According to the law of natural selection, nature supports the survival of the fittest. It means that, the individual which is better adapted to the environment, will survive and produce new individual.
So, the correct option is C.

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