Modern evolutionary theory consists of the concepts of Darwin modified by knowledge concerning
A
Population statistics
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B
Mendel's law
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C
The idea of the survival of the fittest
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D
Competition
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Solution
The correct option is C The idea of the survival of the fittest
Charles Darwin proposed the theory of natural selection. It emphasized that in a population, variations result based on different combinations of traits and the carrying capacity of the environment is limited.
Hence there cannot be a guarantee of breeding and reproduction probability. In such a situation nature selects the best-adapted organisms for survival with better traits than the other.
Such an organism will have a greater chance of becoming parents for the next generation because of its superior characters.
So there is a struggle among the organisms for existence in which only the fittest organism survives and others perish. This concept is called as the survival of the fittest. Thus the correct answer is option C.