Which of the following is true of a trait that creates a specific advantage for some organisms in the struggle to survive?
a. It enables individuals with the trait to leave more offspring than other members of the population leave.
b. It results in greater genetic diversity in the offspring of those organisms that possess it than in those that do not possess the trait.
c. It causes the ratio of male and female offspring produced to be equal.
d. It results in offspring that are genetically different than the parents.
e. It results in non-heritable traits being passed from parent to offspring.
A
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