Question

What is meant by selective advantage?
a) the genetic change that leads to heritable traits
b) the most recent mutation
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Oc) a trait that helps an individual survive in its environment
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d) the ability to survive poisons
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e) a common allele found in a successful population

Answer 1

Answer:

c) a trait that helps an individual survive in its environment

Explanation:

Selective advantage is a trait that helps an individual survive better than others in its environment. It stems from the principle of Natural selection that states that individuals have differing abilities to survive due to differences in phenotype.

This trait helps individuals to adapt better to their environments and develop resistance to diseases which they, or weaker individuals around them would have succumbed to. People who have sickle cell anemia, for instance, have developed resistance to diseases.