Question

Natural selection occurs when:____.
a. a factor in the environment alters the genetic information in DNA of all members of a species.
b. only when nonrandom mating occurs.
c. a new genetic variation occurs that allows individuals to have a reproductive and survival advantage.
d. when a small number of individuals of a population break away and form a new population.

Answer 1

Answer: The correct option is C.

a new genetic variation occurs that allows individuals to have a reproductive and survival advantage.

Explanation:

It is a new genetic variation occurs that allows individuals to have a reproductive and survival advantage because natural selection is a survival mechanism in which organisms develop a variation in genetic traits or develop characteristics which help them to reproduce,survive,adapt to their environment and pass on these characteristics to their offsprings which can be transfer to generations.