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Four of the five factors below support the mechanism of natural selection. In contrast, the fifth factor blocks natural selection from occurring. Which one of the factors listed below does NOT lead to natural selection, but instead stops it from occurring?

(A) Characteristics are inherited passed from parent to offspring.
(B) Organisms in a population are identical to each other.
(C) There is competition among organisms in a population.
(D) More offspring are born than can survive.
(E) Organisms in a population vary in characteristics that affect how well they survive and reproduce.

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I would say (B) - because if they are all identical, they lack variation. If a new disease were to affect the identical organisms in a population, they would all be wiped out, therefore stopping natural selection from occurring.
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The factor which doesn't lead to natural selection, but instead stops it from occurring is: (B) Organisms in a population are identical to each other.

Natural selection refers to a biological process in which the species of living organisms possess certain traits, characteristics and qualities that enables them to successfully adapt to environmental factors, survive and reproduce, as well as passing on genes to the subsequent generation. Some of the environmental factors include the following;

  • Predators.
  • Competition for food.
  • Climate change.
  • Sex mates.

This ultimately implies that, natural selection entails the survival of the fittest within an ecosystem.

Furthermore, the four (4) that supports the mechanism of natural selection are;

I. Characteristics (traits) are inherited and passed from the parent organism to their offspring.

II. The existence of competition among living organisms in a population.

III. The parent organism give birth to more offspring than are able to survive in an ecosystem.

IV. The living organisms found in a population possess varying characteristics (traits) that typically affect how well they survive and reproduce.

However, the mechanism of natural selection is blocked from occurring when living organisms found in a population are identical to each other because they would possess the same characteristics (traits).

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