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Only variations that confer an advantage to an individual organism will survive in a population. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

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We agree with the statement that Only variations that confer an advantage to an indiviadual organism will survive in a population. All the variaions do not have an equal chance of surviving in the environment in wich they find themselves. The chances of surviving depernd on the nature of variations. Different individual would have different kind of advantages. A bachteria that can withstand heat will survive better in a heat wave. Selection of variants by environmental factors form the basis for revolutionary process.
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