For natural selection to work on a particular population
A. their members must have a sufficiently long life span.
B. the environment must remain constant.
C. there must be a strong will to survive among the members of the population.
D. there must be variety within that population.
E. there must be genotypic diversity but phenotypic homogeneity.
Answer: D
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