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What population? Perhaps you mean if there were no variation for natural selection to select from.
Genetic variation. If there were no variation in the genes/phenotype then natural selection would have nothing to select from.
How it changes in response to its environment.
That would be the Stabilizing Selection where there will me not a lot of genetic variation. The curve of the population allele frequency would be quite thin with the extreme being in the middle.
Evolution is simply genetic change within a poulation. That change can occur in several ways. One is immigration/emigration: individuals moving in or out of a population bring in or take out their alleles with them. Another is genetic drift, or chance events which cause the frequencies of alleles in a population to fluctuate. New mutations can change the allelic frequency as well. Finally, natural selection can cause some alleles to become more common at the expense of others. In short, natural selection is one of several mechanisms that can bring about evolution.
What population? Perhaps you mean if there were no variation for natural selection to select from.
Natural selection may not occur in a population if there is no variation in traits among individuals, if all traits are selectively neutral, or if the environment is stable and consistently favors all individuals equally. Additionally, if all individuals are equally successful in reproducing and passing on their genes, natural selection may not be operating in that population.
There is no need for it to occur. Only if the environment changes and less food is found would there be a change. The environment selects the birds that do the best under the new conditions and the others will die.
Genetic variation is necessary for natural selection to occur because it provides different traits and characteristics within a population. These variations create diversity, allowing some individuals to have traits that are more advantageous for survival and reproduction in certain environments. Without genetic variation, there would be no differences in traits to be selected for or against, and natural selection would not be possible.
Neither. Lamarckian evolution does not take place at all; almost all of his concepts are now known to be incorrect. The population will still undergo mutation, and natural selection for beneficial mutations and against harmful ones will still occur.
Genetic variation. If there were no variation in the genes/phenotype then natural selection would have nothing to select from.
Genetic variation is necessary for natural selection to occur. This variation provides the raw material for differential survival and reproduction, which drives the process of natural selection. Without genetic variation, there would be no differences for natural selection to act upon.
What would there be to select from if all the organisms in a population were not different in morphology and behavior. Some of these differences are reproductively successful against the immediate environment, and that environment is the natural selector.
Variations in a species are needed for natural selection to occur because they provide the raw material for evolutionary change. Without variation, there would be no differences for natural selection to act upon, and individuals within a species would be identical. Variations allow some individuals to be better adapted to their environment, giving them a higher chance of survival and reproduction, thus driving the process of natural selection.
There would be no adaptive change due to natural selection and only genetic drift due to random events and gene flow due to population mixing would occur. Alleles would change, but without reproductive variation speciation could not occur.
Evolution would not occur if there is no genetic variation within a population, no selection pressure, or if there is no reproduction and passing on of genes to the next generation.
The highest rate of natural selection would likely occur when organisms are under extreme environmental pressures, such as rapid changes in climate or competition for limited resources. In these conditions, individuals with traits that offer a survival advantage are more likely to reproduce and pass on their genes, leading to rapid changes in the population.