Question 30

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The authors of your textbook maintain that "the ability to store and transmit information (genotype)and the ability to express that information (phenotype)are perhaps the most important criteria that set life apart from nonlife." When we compare this statement to Darwin's four natural selection postulates (variation,inheritance,excess reproduction,and differential survival and reproduction),interesting parallels emerge.Evaluate the authors' claim in the context of Darwinian evolution by natural selection.

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The authors' claim that the ability to s...

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