Natural selection produces changes most quickly in species with short reproductive cycles.
Explanation:
Natural selection implies a process of changes in the genome of species, induced by their environmental conditions, which allow them to survive. The processes of natural selection usually manifest themselves after long periods of time and are synonymous with adaptive evolution.
Since natural selection depends on the changes observable in successive generations within a species,<u> in organisms with short reproductive cycles the changes promoted by natural selection could be observed most quickly</u>.
Plant cuticle is a waxy covering over the aerial epidermal cells of all the plants. Waxes are composed of cutin and a various organic solvent-soluble lipids. The cuticle is an extracellular hydrophobic layer which provides protection against desiccation and external environmental stresses. In other words the cucticle helps to retain water and give plants an adavanthe to live terrestrial life.
