Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Natural selection is random because no individuals are eliminated from reproducing due to different environments.
2. Evolution occurs in individuals, not populations.
3. In an evolutionary sense, fitness refers to an organism's contribution to the next generation's gene pool.
4. Since the conditions needed for the Hardy-Weinberg principle do not occur in real populations, this principle has no importance in population studies.
5. Nonrandom mating, gene flow, and genetic drift are mechanisms of microevolution.
1.FALSE
2.FALSE
3.TRUE
4.FALSE
5.TRUE
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