Individual "A" produces 10 offspring, 8 of whom survive to adulthood. Individual "B" (a member of the same population) produces 15 offspring, 7 which survive to adulthood. Based on the concept of natural selection, individual "A" has the higher fitness.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
Individual "A" has the higher fitness since more offspring survive to adulthood. The more offspring that survive, the greater the contribution to the gene pool of the next generation.
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