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What is the relationship between “natural selection” and “adaptation”?

A. Adaptation is the process that leads to natural selection.
B. Natural selection is the mechanistic process that results in adaptation over time.
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C. There is no relationship; they are entirely independent concepts.
D. Natural selection actively prevents adaptations from accumulating in a gene pool.

📝 Explanation

Natural selection is the cause/mechanism, while adaptation (a phenotypic trait that improves fitness in an environment) is the evolutionary effect or outcome.

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  • Adaptation is the process that leads to natural selection.
  • Natural selection is the mechanistic process that results in adaptation over time.
  • There is no relationship; they are entirely independent concepts.
  • Natural selection actively prevents adaptations from accumulating in a gene pool.

Natural selection is the cause/mechanism, while adaptation (a phenotypic trait that improves fitness in an environment) is the evolutionary effect or outcome.

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