Based on the information given, which of the organisms described below most likely has the lowest fitness?
a) a sand-colored mouse living at the beach
b) a sterile organism that lives twice as long as the average longevity in its population
c) a dark-colored mouse living in the brown brush
d) a short-lived rabbit with a greater than average number of offspring, relative to other individuals in its population
e) a human who dies at age 40 who has had four children
Ans: b) a sterile organism that lives twice as long as the average longevity in its population
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