Question 26

(Multiple Choice)

What is true of natural selection?


A)Natural selection is a random process.
B)Natural selection creates beneficial mutations.
C)The only way to eliminate harmful mutations is through natural selection.
D)Mutations occur at random; natural selection can preserve and distribute beneficial mutations.
E)Mutations occur when directed by the good of the species; natural selection edits out harmful mutations and causes populations to adapt to the beneficial mutations.

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