Answer/Explanation:
Natural selection - over time - selects for traits that improve fitness. A butterfly with wing coloration that looks like a hungry owl would certainly be a deterrent to their natural predators, such as smaller birds. This is because the owl is the predator of the smaller birds, and their instinct is to avoid the owl.
If a mutation arose that resulting in coloration that looked like an owl, (or at least slightly menacing) this would be beneficial to the butterfly, as it would be more camouflaged from predators. This means it would be more likely to reach reproductive age and pass the mutation onto its offspring, who would also have a competitive advantage.
Over time, this would lead to a population of butterflies with coloration that looks more and more owl-like .
3. any trait that confers even a small increase in the probability that its possessor will survive and reproduce will be strongly favored and will spread through the population.
Explanation:
- Natural selection is a nonrandom process by which biological traits become more or less common in a population as a function of the differential reproduction of their bearers of differences in the rate of survival.
- Natural selection can act on any heritable phenotypic trait and operate among any entities that reproduce, show inheritance of their characteristics from one generation to the next, and vary in fitness.
- Natural selection is the machine that drives evolution. It also explains adaptation.
Answer: A gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that encodes the synthesis of a gene product, either RNA or protein. A chromosome is a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism. A allele is one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
Explanation:
Biodiversity boost the eco-system which essentially is the same reason we have plants without biodiversity we wouldn't have plants or trees. Therefore we wouldn't have oxygen so the more we kill the Eco-system the more our planet and life becomes more and more threatened therefore the more food supply and demand becomes less and less. Which basically leads to extinction. So biodiversity is also helpful for biodegradable products like plastic instead of foam. Essentially recycling basically saves our planet.
