Variation is necessary for species to adapt and evolve new mechanisms or helpful alterations. Lets say a plague is killing an animal species - out of hundreds of millions of random genetic mutations (variations) in that generation (assuming there are at least a million or so of that species) some of those might make some of the species more resistent or even immune to that disease. Those animals' offspring will survive longer and reproduce more, and eventually their offspring will outnumber the non-resistent non-immune population, in effect replacing a weaker species with a slightly stronger, more sophisticated one.
That is natural selection, and it doesn't work without random genetic variations for environmental pressures to "select".
No, natural selection works on that genetic variation presented to it.
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.
no there is no genetic variation for natural selection to act upon
Natural selection doesn't reduce variation. Variation is regulated by the rate of mutation.Natural selection reduces the chance of bad variation from being passed on and increases the chances for good variation to be passed on.
Natural selection can only work on genetic variation that already exists. So mutation comes first, then natural selection.
Genetic variation in itself does not 'support' natural selection: it is what natural selection acts upon.
No, natural selection works on that genetic variation presented to it.
Natural selection.
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.
no there is no genetic variation for natural selection to act upon
Genetic variation. If there were no variation in the genes/phenotype then natural selection would have nothing to select from.
Natural selection doesn't reduce variation. Variation is regulated by the rate of mutation.Natural selection reduces the chance of bad variation from being passed on and increases the chances for good variation to be passed on.
Evolution by natural selection actually relies on variation within a population. Without variation, there would be no genetic differences for natural selection to act upon, leading to no evolution. Variation provides the raw material for natural selection to work with, allowing beneficial traits to be favored and passed on to future generations.
Genetic variation is important for natural selection to drive evolution because it provides the raw material for natural selection to act upon. Without genetic variation, there would be no diversity in traits for natural selection to favor or eliminate, and evolution would not be possible.
No, there is no genetic variation upon which natural selection can operate.
Natural selection is only the result of changing environments, mutation and the variation resulting therein. Natural selection is the process of adaptive change and the main mechanism of evolution that leads to speciation. Natural selection is a process as mutation and variation are grist to the mill of natural selection.
What population? Perhaps you mean if there were no variation for natural selection to select from.