The Darwinian fitness of an individual is measured most directly by

A) the number of its offspring that survive to reproduce.
B) the number of ?good genes? it possesses.
C) the number of mates it attracts.
D) its physical strength.
E) how long it lives.


Answer: A) the number of its offspring that survive to reproduce.

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