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Natural selection works on mutations that are already in place. The environmental changes will select for certain mutations if the selective pressure is supplied long enough for several generations of offspring to carry a higher percentage of the mutation.

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What happens to unnecessary traits during the process of natural selection?

How does natural selection affect undesirable traits?


How does Evolutionary Trends affect Natural Selection?

Adaptation for stronger shells.


Why does natural selection not directly affect genes?

Natural selection acts on the way organisms interact with one another and with their environment. The genes of organisms are not usually themselves involved in this interaction: they direct it through intermediaries such as proteins. So natural selection must work through these intermediaries to affect genes.


What are three ways you can test natural selection?

Three ways to test natural selection include: Field Experiments: Conducting experiments in natural environments to observe the survival and reproduction of different phenotypes under varying conditions. Laboratory Studies: Using controlled environments to manipulate variables and assess how they affect fitness traits in organisms over generations. Genetic Analysis: Examining allele frequency changes over time in populations to determine if certain traits are being favored by natural selection.


Is a frog an example of natural selection?

No, a frog is not an example of natural selection itself. Natural selection is a mechanism for evolution that acts on populations of organisms over generations, influencing the traits that are passed on to the next generation. Individual organisms like a frog can be impacted by natural selection, depending on their traits and how those traits affect their survival and reproduction.

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What happens to unnecessary traits during the process of natural selection?

How does natural selection affect undesirable traits?


How does environmental pressure affect natural selection?

When nothing happens to exert strong population pressure on that population, natural selection favors the allele frequency already present. When mutations cause new traits, natural selection weeds these traits out because they're not as efficient as the others.


How does selection affect natural selection?

Organisms are affected by Natural Selection because Inherited characteristics affected the likelihood of an organism's survival and reproduction.


What are the 3 ways natural selection can affect a population?

Natural selection changes the genetic makeup of a population by favoring some genotypes over others. It does so through the differential reproduction of those genotypes. Put simply, if I possess a variant of a trait (and the genotype underlying it) which allows me to leave behind more adult offspring than those with different variants of that trait, then my variant will become more common in the population than the others. The result is a change in the frequency of the gene variants: mine increases in frequency at the expense of the others. This change in the frequency of gene variants (known as alleles) over time in a population is the basic definition of evolution itself.


Which does natural Which does natural selection affect?

natural selection is basiclly only the strong survive which means it effects the weak by killing them but bernifits the strong


Which does natural selection affect populations or individuals?

Populations evolve, but individuals are selected. Natural selection affects individual organisms.


How does natural selection affect survival?

Natural selection is the process which determines the shark's evolution. It is humankind that is threatening the sharks' survival.


What other theories are there except for natural selection?

Evolution by natural selection is currently the only viable theory explaining the diversity of life. However, the mechanism of natural selection is not the only mechanism to affect evolution. There are phenomena such as genetic drift, biased gene conversion, intragenomic conflict, and so on, that aren't exactly the same as natural selection (although they are all intertwined and all affect one another), but do affect the direction of evolution.


What are the three ways natural selection can affect the distribution of phenotype?

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How does Evolutionary Trends affect Natural Selection?

Adaptation for stronger shells.


Why does natural selection not directly affect genes?

Natural selection acts on the way organisms interact with one another and with their environment. The genes of organisms are not usually themselves involved in this interaction: they direct it through intermediaries such as proteins. So natural selection must work through these intermediaries to affect genes.


What is the natural frequency of glass and how does it affect its structural integrity?

The natural frequency of glass is the frequency at which it vibrates when disturbed. When glass is exposed to vibrations at its natural frequency, it can lead to resonance, causing it to shatter. This can compromise the structural integrity of the glass, making it more prone to breakage.