Which of the following best describes natural selection?

A populations gene frequencies change over time.

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Individuals develop useful adaptations in response to environmental stress.

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Individuals with the most favorable traits survive and reproduce.

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Some individuals in a population will survive longer than other members of the population.

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Solution

The correct option is D Individuals with the most favorable traits survive and reproduce.
Natural selection is a process governed by changes in environmental factors, these factors produce stress on the organisms. That compels the organisms to undergo changes, in case the organism undergoes changes suitable to the environment, that is, it is suited to survive in the environment will also pass on those traits to the next generation, until the next change occurs. This is natural selection.
So, the correct answer is 'Individuals with the most favorable traits survive and reproduce'

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