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What is the primary cause of evolution in biological populations?

Genetic variation acted upon by natural selection and genetic drift (correct)

Random mutations in individual organisms

Environmental changes leading to adaptation

Competition for resources within a population

Who independently conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection?

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Carl Linnaeus

Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace (correct)

Gregor Mendel and Thomas Malthus

James Hutton and Georges Cuvier

What observable facts about living organisms support the establishment of evolution by natural selection?

More offspring are often produced than can possibly survive; traits vary among individuals (correct)

Competition within a population is absent; offspring have identical traits

Mutations occur frequently; all offspring have identical traits

Organisms always adapt to their environments; traits are fixed within a population

What has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organization?

Biodiversity Signup and view all the answers

In which book did Darwin first set out the theory of evolution by natural selection in detail?

On the Origin of Species Signup and view all the answers

What is the main cause of evolution in biological populations?

Natural selection and genetic drift Signup and view all the answers

Who independently conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection?

Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace Signup and view all the answers

Where was the theory of evolution by natural selection first detailed?

Darwin's book On the Origin of Species Signup and view all the answers

What observable facts about living organisms establish evolution by natural selection?

More offspring are often produced than can possibly survive Signup and view all the answers

What has the process of evolution given rise to?

Biodiversity at every level of biological organisation Signup and view all the answers

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Questions and Answers

What is the primary cause of evolution in biological populations?

Who independently conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection?

What observable facts about living organisms support the establishment of evolution by natural selection?

What has the process of evolution given rise to at every level of biological organization?

In which book did Darwin first set out the theory of evolution by natural selection in detail?

What is the main cause of evolution in biological populations?

Who independently conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection?

Where was the theory of evolution by natural selection first detailed?

What observable facts about living organisms establish evolution by natural selection?

What has the process of evolution given rise to?

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