Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (6th Edition)
Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134711751
Author: Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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To explain: The extent to which people in a technological society are exempted from natural selection.

Introduction: By natural selection only those species survive that have acquired the trait, which helps the species in survival by adaptation. The size of a population is affected by the limited resources, predation and various environmental conditions. Nature selects the traits that help a population to adapt and survive.

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