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Explain the idea of "survival of the fittest" with regards to a population of beavers in a lake in which some have large incisor teeth and others have small incisor teeth.

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If the beavers need large teeth to collect wood for their dams, the population of beavers with larger teeth will live longer because they can collect wood. They will them be able to reproduce therefore passing down the gene with larger incisor teeth

The study of gradual change is called evolution.

The correct answer is mentioned below.

What is evolution?

  • Evolution is a change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
  • These characteristics are the expressions of genes that are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction.

According to the question,

If the beavers need large teeth to collect wood for their dams, the population of beavers with larger teeth will live longer because they can collect wood. They will then be able to reproduce therefore passing down the gene with larger incisor teeth.

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