I keep getting “Natural selection” questions wrong in Evolution. What's the trap?
thinking organisms deliberately change their traits to adapt.
The usual trap: thinking organisms deliberately change their traits to adapt. How to avoid it: the environment selects existing variation -- it does not ask organisms to change. Go back to the definition — individuals with favourable heritable traits survive and reproduce more, shifting the population over generations.
Key point
Natural selection
Common mistake
thinking organisms deliberately change their traits to adapt.
Memory tip
the environment selects existing variation -- it does not ask organisms to change.
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